Plinius

German

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Plinius

Pliny

Derived terms

Plinius der Ältere - Pliny the Elder
Plinius der Jüngere - Pliny the Younger

Latin

Etymology

From the Roman gens Plinia, an Italic name of obscure origin; possibly from the Insubric (Gaulish) root Plina through rhotacism from prina, or from a north Italic word for “bald”.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpliː.ni.us/, [ˈplʲiːniʊs̠]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpli.ni.us/, [ˈpliːnius]

Proper noun

Plīnius m sg (genitive Plīniī or Plīnī); second declension

a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name", famously held by:
1. Gaius Plinius Secundus, Pliny the Elder

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Plīnius
genitive	Plīniī Plīnī¹
dative	Plīniō
accusative	Plīnium
ablative	Plīniō
vocative	Plīnī

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

Derived terms

Descendants

Italian: Plinio

References

“Plinius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Plinius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Pokorny, Julius. "Indogermanisches Etymologisches Woerterbuch" (in German). University of Leiden.