Censorinus
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From censōrīnus, from censor + -īnus (“-ine: forming adjectives”), from cēnsēre (“to evaluate, to assess”) + -or (“-er: forming agent nouns”).
Proper noun
[edit]Censōrīnus m sg (genitive Censōrīnī); second declension
- a cognomen used by the gentes Marcia and Caelia
- Censorinus Grammaticus
- Censorinus the Grammarian
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun, singular only.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Censōrīnus |
| genitive | Censōrīnī |
| dative | Censōrīnō |
| accusative | Censōrīnum |
| ablative | Censōrīnō |
| vocative | Censōrīne |
References
[edit]- “Censorinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Censorinus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.