angusticlavius

Latin

Etymology

From angustus +‎ clāvus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /an.ɡus.tiˈklaː.u̯i.us/, [äŋɡʊs̠t̪ɪˈkɫ̪äːu̯iʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /an.ɡus.tiˈkla.vi.us/, [äŋɡust̪iˈkläːvius]

Adjective

angusticlāvius (feminine angusticlāvia, neuter angusticlāvium); first/second-declension adjective

1. wearing a purple stripe (an epithet identifying a plebeian tribune who had to wear a purple stripe on his tunic to signify that he was not of nobility)
   • c. 69 CE – 122 CE, Suetonius, Othon 10

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	angusticlāvius	angusticlāvia	angusticlāvium		angusticlāviī	angusticlāviae	angusticlāvia
Genitive	angusticlāviī	angusticlāviae	angusticlāviī		angusticlāviōrum	angusticlāviārum	angusticlāviōrum
Dative	angusticlāviō		angusticlāviō		angusticlāviīs
Accusative	angusticlāvium	angusticlāviam	angusticlāvium		angusticlāviōs	angusticlāviās	angusticlāvia
Ablative	angusticlāviō	angusticlāviā	angusticlāviō		angusticlāviīs
Vocative	angusticlāvie	angusticlāvia	angusticlāvium		angusticlāviī	angusticlāviae	angusticlāvia

References

• “angusticlavius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• angusticlavius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.