Laetorius

Latin

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /lae̯ˈtoː.ri.us/, [ɫ̪äe̯ˈt̪oːriʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /leˈto.ri.us/, [leˈt̪ɔːrius]

Proper noun

Laetōrius m sg (genitive Laetōriī or Laetōrī); second declension

1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
   1. Marcus Laetorius Mergus, a Roman tribune

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Laetōrius
genitive	Laetōriī Laetōrī1
dative	Laetōriō
accusative	Laetōrium
ablative	Laetōriō
vocative	Laetōrī

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

Derived terms

• Laetōria

Adjective

Laetōrius (feminine Laetōria, neuter Laetōrium); first/second-declension adjective

1. of or pertaining to the gens Laetoria.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	Laetōrius	Laetōria	Laetōrium		Laetōriī	Laetōriae	Laetōria
genitive	Laetōriī	Laetōriae	Laetōriī		Laetōriōrum	Laetōriārum	Laetōriōrum
dative	Laetōriō	Laetōriae	Laetōriō		Laetōriīs
accusative	Laetōrium	Laetōriam	Laetōrium		Laetōriōs	Laetōriās	Laetōria
ablative	Laetōriō	Laetōriā	Laetōriō		Laetōriīs
vocative	Laetōrie	Laetōria	Laetōrium		Laetōriī	Laetōriae	Laetōria

References

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