Cornificius

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kor.niˈfi.ki.us/, [kɔrnɪˈfɪkiʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kor.niˈfi.t͡ʃi.us/, [korniˈfiːt͡ʃius]

Proper noun

Cornificius m sg (genitive Cornificiī or Cornificī); second declension

1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
   1. Quintus Cornificius, a Roman senator

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Cornificius
genitive	Cornificiī Cornificī1
dative	Cornificiō
accusative	Cornificium
ablative	Cornificiō
vocative	Cornificī

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

Derived terms

• Cornificia

References

• “Cornificius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Cornificius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.