Musonius

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /muːˈsoː.ni.us/, [muːˈs̠oːniʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /muˈso.ni.us/, [muˈs̬ɔːnius]

Proper noun

Mūsōnius m sg (genitive Mūsōniī or Mūsōnī); second declension

1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
   1. Gaius Musonius Rufus, a Roman philosopher

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Mūsōnius
genitive	Mūsōniī Mūsōnī1
dative	Mūsōniō
accusative	Mūsōnium
ablative	Mūsōniō
vocative	Mūsōnī

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

Derived terms

• Mūsōniānus

References

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