nomen gentilicium

English

Borrowed from Latin nōmen (“name”) + gentīlicium (nominative neuter singular form of gentīlicius, “belonging to a particular Roman gens”).

nomen gentilicium (plural nomina gentilicia)

The name designating a Roman citizen as a member of a particular gens; a gentile name.

name designating a Roman citizen as a member of a particular gens

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈnoː.men ɡen.tiːˈli.ki.um/, [ˈnoːmɛn ɡɛn̪t̪iːˈlʲɪkiʊ̃ˑ]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈno.men d͡ʒen.tiˈli.t͡ʃi.um/, [ˈnɔːmen d͡ʒen̪t̪iˈliːt͡ʃium]

nōmen gentīlicium n (genitive nōminis gentīliciī); third declension

name belonging to a particular gens, gentile name, also borrowed directly as nomen gentilicium
- 1737, Gottfried Sellius, Ad locum M. Terentii Varronis de Re rust. lib. ii. c. i. n. vii. de nominibus Romanorum brutisonis, page 13:
  At vero nec praenominis nominisque gentilitii, quae ad Augustum usque perdurauerat, laudata singularitas obseruata diutius legitur: namque post eius tempora multos duo nomina gentilicia habuisse inuenies.
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Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem) with a second-declension adjective.