Egnatius
Appearance
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Uncertain. A collateral form of Ignātius.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /eɡˈnaː.ti.us/, [ɛŋˈnäːt̪iʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /eɲˈɲat.t͡si.us/, [eɲˈɲät̪ː͡s̪ius]
Proper noun
[edit]Egnātius m sg (genitive Egnātiī or Egnātī); second declension
- a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
- Publius Egnatius Celer, a Roman philosopher
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun, singular only.
singular | |
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nominative | Egnātius |
genitive | Egnātiī Egnātī1 |
dative | Egnātiō |
accusative | Egnātium |
ablative | Egnātiō |
vocative | Egnātī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “Egnatius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Egnatius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.