Calventius
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Probably from calvēns (“deceiving”) + -ius.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /kalˈu̯en.ti.us/, [käɫ̪ˈu̯ɛn̪t̪iʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kalˈven.t͡si.us/, [kälˈvɛnt̪͡s̪ius]
Proper noun
[edit]Calventius m sg (genitive Calventiī or Calventī); second declension
- a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
- Marcus Calventius Viator, a Roman comander
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun, singular only.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Calventius |
| genitive | Calventiī Calventī1 |
| dative | Calventiō |
| accusative | Calventium |
| ablative | Calventiō |
| vocative | Calventī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
References
[edit]- Calventius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Calventius”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray