Valentiniani

Latin

Alternative forms

• Val., Valent. (abbreviations)

Etymology

Either Valentīnus +‎ -iānus or Valentīnius +‎ -ānus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /u̯a.len.tiː.niˈaː.niː/, [u̯äɫ̪ɛn̪t̪iːniˈäːniː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /va.len.ti.niˈa.ni/, [välen̪t̪iniˈäːni]

Proper noun

Valentīniānī m pl (genitive Valentīniānōrum); second declension

1. disciples of the early Christian gnostic theologian Valentinus, Valentinians

Declension

Second-declension noun, plural only.

Case	Plural
Nominative	Valentīniānī
Genitive	Valentīniānōrum
Dative	Valentīniānīs
Accusative	Valentīniānōs
Ablative	Valentīniānīs
Vocative	Valentīniānī

References

• “Vălentīnĭāni”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Valentiniani in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• Vălentīnĭāni in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1,644/1.