Passienus

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /pas.siˈeː.nus/, [päs̠ːiˈeːnʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pas.siˈe.nus/, [päsːiˈɛːnus]

Proper noun

Passiēnus m sg (genitive Passiēnī); second declension

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

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Passiēnus
genitive	Passiēnī
dative	Passiēnō
accusative	Passiēnum
ablative	Passiēnō
vocative	Passiēne

References

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