Numerius

See also: numerius

Latin

Alternative forms

• N. (praenominal abbreviation)
• Numasios (Early Latin)

Etymology

From older Numasios, from Proto-Italic *Numazjos.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /nuˈme.ri.us/, [nʊˈmɛriʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /nuˈme.ri.us/, [nuˈmɛːrius]

Proper noun

Numerius m (genitive Numeriī or Numerī); second declension

1. A masculine praenomen.

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	Numerius	Numeriī
genitive	Numeriī Numerī1	Numeriōrum
dative	Numeriō	Numeriīs
accusative	Numerium	Numeriōs
ablative	Numeriō	Numeriīs
vocative	Numerī	Numeriī

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

Descendants

• Ancient Greek: Νουμέριος (Noumérios)

References

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