Catonius

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kaˈtoː.ni.us/, [käˈt̪oːniʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kaˈto.ni.us/, [käˈt̪ɔːnius]

Proper noun

Catōnius m sg (genitive Catōniī or Catōnī); second declension

1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
   1. Catonius Justus, a Roman centurion

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Catōnius
genitive	Catōniī Catōnī1
dative	Catōniō
accusative	Catōnium
ablative	Catōniō
vocative	Catōnī

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

References

• “Catonius Justus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray