Ennius

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈen.ni.us/, [ˈɛnːiʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈen.ni.us/, [ˈɛnːius]

Proper noun

Ennius m sg (genitive Enniī or Ennī); second declension

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

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Ennius
genitive	Enniī Ennī1
dative	Enniō
accusative	Ennium
ablative	Enniō
vocative	Ennī

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

Derived terms

• Ennia
• Enniānus

Descendants

• Ancient Greek: Ἔννιος (Énnios)
• Italian: Ennio

References

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