Leibnitius

Latin

Alternative forms

• Leipnitius (rare)

Etymology

Adaptation of the German Leibniz.

Proper noun

Leibnitius m sg (genitive Leibnitiī or Leibnitī); second declension

1. a surname from German — famously held by:
   1. Godefridus Guilielmus Leibnitius (1646–1716), German mathematician, philosopher, and polymath

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Leibnitius
genitive	Leibnitiī Leibnitī1
dative	Leibnitiō
accusative	Leibnitium
ablative	Leibnitiō
vocative	Leibnitī

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

Derived terms

• Leibnitiānus

Descendants

• → Greek: Λεϊβνίτιος (Leïvnítios)

Further reading

• Godefridus Guilielmus Leibnitius on the Latin Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^la