Herdonius

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /herˈdoː.ni.us/, [hɛrˈd̪oːniʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /erˈdo.ni.us/, [erˈd̪ɔːnius]

Proper noun

Herdōnius m sg (genitive Herdōniī or Herdōnī); second declension

1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
   1. Turnus Herdonius, a statesman of Aricia

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Herdōnius
genitive	Herdōniī Herdōnī1
dative	Herdōniō
accusative	Herdōnium
ablative	Herdōniō
vocative	Herdōnī

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

References

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