Pescennius

Latin

Etymology

Probably from Oscan.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /pesˈken.ni.us/, [pɛs̠ˈkɛnːiʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /peʃˈʃen.ni.us/, [peʃˈʃɛnːius]

Proper noun

Pescennius m sg (genitive Pescenniī or Pescennī); second declension

1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
   1. Pescennius Niger, a Roman emperor

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Pescennius
genitive	Pescenniī Pescennī1
dative	Pescenniō
accusative	Pescennium
ablative	Pescenniō
vocative	Pescennī

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

Derived terms

• Pescennia
• Pescenniānus

References

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