Poenius

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpoe̯.ni.us/, [ˈpoe̯niʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpe.ni.us/, [ˈpɛːnius]

Proper noun

Poenius m sg (genitive Poeniī or Poenī); second declension

1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name", famously held by:
   1. Poenius Postumus, a Roman prefect

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Poenius
genitive	Poeniī Poenī1
dative	Poeniō
accusative	Poenium
ablative	Poeniō
vocative	Poenī

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

References

• Poenius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.