Bantius

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈban.ti.us/, [ˈbän̪t̪iʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈban.t͡si.us/, [ˈbänt̪͡s̪ius]

Proper noun

Bantius m sg (genitive Bantiī or Bantī); second declension

1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
   1. Lucius Bantius, a Roman soldier captured by Hannibal

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Bantius
genitive	Bantiī Bantī1
dative	Bantiō
accusative	Bantium
ablative	Bantiō
vocative	Bantī

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

References

• “L. Ba'ntius”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray