nomen gentile

Latin

Etymology

From nōmen +‎ gentīle (nominative neuter singular of gentīlis: "of the gens").

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈnoː.mɛn ɡɛnˈtiː.ɫɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈnɔː.men d͡ʒen̪ˈt̪iː.le]

Noun

nōmen gentīle n (genitive nōminis gentīlis); third declension

1. (historical) nomen, the family name of an ancient Roman, indicating the person's gens

   Synonyms: nōmen, nōmen gentīlicium, nōmen gentīlitium

   • 1848, Wilhelm Francke et al., Index scholarum publice et privatim in academia Georgia Augusta per semestre aestivum anni MDCCCXLVIII, habendarum kalendis Majis incipiendarum per dies a IV. usque as IX. Septembris finiendarum, University of Göttingen, page 7:

     Numerio certe adjecto, cujus nominis forma prorsus gentilis est, quo antiquior librarius erat, eo magis mirari debebat eundem hominem duo nomina gentilia habuisse.

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Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem) with a third-declension adjective.

	singular	plural
nominative	nōmen gentīle	nōmina gentīlia
genitive	nōminis gentīlis	nōminum gentīlium
dative	nōminī gentīlī	nōminibus gentīlibus
accusative	nōmen gentīle	nōmina gentīlia
ablative	nōmine gentīlī	nōminibus gentīlibus
vocative	nōmen gentīle	nōmina gentīlia

Coordinate terms

• praenōmen (given name), cognomen (epithet or clan name), agnomen (epithet)