Ovinius

Latin

Etymology

Probably from ovīnus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /oˈu̯iː.ni.us/, [oˈu̯iːniʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /oˈvi.ni.us/, [oˈviːnius]

Proper noun

Ovīnius m sg (genitive Ovīniī or Ovīnī); second declension

1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
   1. Ovinius Camillus, a Roman senator

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Ovīnius
genitive	Ovīniī Ovīnī1
dative	Ovīniō
accusative	Ovīnium
ablative	Ovīniō
vocative	Ovīnī

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

Derived terms

• Ovīnia

Adjective

Ovīnius (feminine Ovīnia, neuter Ovīnium); first/second-declension adjective

1. of or pertaining to the gens Ovinia.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	Ovīnius	Ovīnia	Ovīnium		Ovīniī	Ovīniae	Ovīnia
genitive	Ovīniī	Ovīniae	Ovīniī		Ovīniōrum	Ovīniārum	Ovīniōrum
dative	Ovīniō	Ovīniae	Ovīniō		Ovīniīs
accusative	Ovīnium	Ovīniam	Ovīnium		Ovīniōs	Ovīniās	Ovīnia
ablative	Ovīniō	Ovīniā	Ovīniō		Ovīniīs
vocative	Ovīnie	Ovīnia	Ovīnium		Ovīniī	Ovīniae	Ovīnia

References

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