Aventinus
Latin
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Said by Servius to derive from avis on account of the many birds who roosted there.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /a.u̯enˈtiː.nus/, [äu̯ɛn̪ˈt̪iːnʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /a.venˈti.nus/, [även̪ˈt̪iːnus]
Proper noun
[edit]Aventīnus m sg (genitive Aventīnī); second declension
- The Aventine Hill, one of the Seven hills of Rome.
- (Roman mythology) A mythological king of Alba Longa, son of Romulus Silvius, father of Procas, great-great-grandfather of Romulus and Remus
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Aventīnus |
| genitive | Aventīnī |
| dative | Aventīnō |
| accusative | Aventīnum |
| ablative | Aventīnō |
| vocative | Aventīne |
| locative | Aventīnī |
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Commentary on the Aeneid of Virgil https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.02.0053&layout=&loc=7.657
- Aventinus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Aventinus in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 1, Hahnsche Buchhandlung
- “Aventinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press