Menenius

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /meˈneː.ni.us/, [mɛˈneːniʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /meˈne.ni.us/, [meˈnɛːnius]

Proper noun

Menēnius m sg (genitive Menēniī or Menēnī); second declension

1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
   1. Agrippa Menenius Lanatus, a Roman consul

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Menēnius
genitive	Menēniī Menēnī1
dative	Menēniō
accusative	Menēnium
ablative	Menēniō
vocative	Menēnī

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

Derived terms

• Menēnia
• Menēniānus

Adjective

Menēnius (feminine Menēnia, neuter Menēnium); first/second-declension adjective

1. of or pertaining to the gens Menenia.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	Menēnius	Menēnia	Menēnium		Menēniī	Menēniae	Menēnia
genitive	Menēniī	Menēniae	Menēniī		Menēniōrum	Menēniārum	Menēniōrum
dative	Menēniō	Menēniae	Menēniō		Menēniīs
accusative	Menēnium	Menēniam	Menēnium		Menēniōs	Menēniās	Menēnia
ablative	Menēniō	Menēniā	Menēniō		Menēniīs
vocative	Menēnie	Menēnia	Menēnium		Menēniī	Menēniae	Menēnia

References

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