Mestrius

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈmes.tri.us/, [ˈmɛs̠t̪riʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmes.tri.us/, [ˈmɛst̪rius]

Proper noun

Mestrius m sg (genitive Mestriī or Mestrī); second declension

1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
   1. Plutarch, a Greek biographer who took the Roman citizenship

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Mestrius
genitive	Mestriī Mestrī1
dative	Mestriō
accusative	Mestrium
ablative	Mestriō
vocative	Mestrī

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

Derived terms

• Mestriānus

Descendants

• Ancient Greek: Μέστριος (Méstrios)

References

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