Cicereius

Latin

Etymology

cicer (“chickpea”) +‎ -ēius.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ki.keˈreː.i.us/, [kɪkɛˈreːiʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃi.t͡ʃeˈre.i.us/, [t͡ʃit͡ʃeˈrɛːius]

Proper noun

Cicerēius m sg (genitive Cicerēiī or Cicerēī); second declension

1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
   1. Gaius Cicereius, a Roman secretary

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Cicerēius
genitive	Cicerēiī Cicerēī1
dative	Cicerēiō
accusative	Cicerēium
ablative	Cicerēiō
vocative	Cicerēī

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

References

• Cicereius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.