Caesonius

Latin

Etymology

From Caesō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kae̯ˈsoː.ni.us/, [käe̯ˈs̠oːniʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃeˈso.ni.us/, [t͡ʃeˈs̬ɔːnius]

Proper noun

Caesōnius m sg (genitive Caesōniī or Caesōnī); second declension

1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
   1. Gaius Caesonius Macer Rufinianus, a Roman consul

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Caesōnius
Genitive	Caesōniī Caesōnī1
Dative	Caesōniō
Accusative	Caesōnium
Ablative	Caesōniō
Vocative	Caesōnī

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

Derived terms

• Caesōniānus

References

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