Camonius
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Probably related to camur (“bent, crooked”).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /kaˈmoː.ni.us/, [käˈmoːniʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kaˈmo.ni.us/, [käˈmɔːnius]
Proper noun
[edit]Camōnius m sg (genitive Camōniī or Camōnī); second declension
- a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name", famously held by:
- Camonius Rufus, a friend and admirer of Martial
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun, singular only.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Camōnius |
| genitive | Camōniī Camōnī1 |
| dative | Camōniō |
| accusative | Camōnium |
| ablative | Camōniō |
| vocative | Camōnī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
References
[edit]- ^ Walde, Alois, Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1938) “Camonius”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), 3rd edition, volume I, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 150