Paetinus

Latin

Etymology

From paetīnus, from paetus (“blinking, squinting”) +‎ -īnus (“-ine: forming diminutives”), or directly from the cognomen Paetus +‎ -īnus. Compare the similar cognomen pairs Luscus and Luscinus and Laevus and Laevinus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /pae̯ˈtiː.nus/, [päe̯ˈt̪iːnʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /peˈti.nus/, [peˈt̪iːnus]

Proper noun

Paetīnus m sg (genitive Paetīnī); second declension

1. a cognomen used by the gentes Fulvia, Articuleia, Tatia, and others

   Marcus Fulvius Curvus Paetinus

    

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Paetīnus
genitive	Paetīnī
dative	Paetīnō
accusative	Paetīnum
ablative	Paetīnō
vocative	Paetīne

References

• George Davis Chase, "Origin of Roman Praenomina", Harvard Studies in Classical Philology, Vol. 8, 1897, p. 109.