Mummius

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈmum.mi.us/, [ˈmʊmːiʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmum.mi.us/, [ˈmumːius]

Proper noun

Mummius m sg (genitive Mummiī or Mummī); second declension

1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
   1. Lucius Mummius Achaicus, a Roman consul

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Mummius
genitive	Mummiī Mummī1
dative	Mummiō
accusative	Mummium
ablative	Mummiō
vocative	Mummī

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

Derived terms

• Mummia
• Mummiāmus

References

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