Quinctius

Latin

Alternative forms

• Quīntius (e.g. Catullus 100)

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkʷiːnk.ti.us/, [ˈkʷiːŋkt̪iʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkwink.t͡si.us/, [ˈkwiŋkt̪͡s̪ius]

Proper noun

Quīnctius m sg (genitive Quīnctiī or Quīnctī); second declension

1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
   1. Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus, a Roman statesman
   2. Titus Quinctius Flaminius, a Roman general

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Quīnctius
genitive	Quīnctiī Quīnctī1
dative	Quīnctiō
accusative	Quīnctium
ablative	Quīnctiō
vocative	Quīnctī

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

Derived terms

• Quīnctia
• Quīnctiānus

Descendants

• → Italian: Quinzio

Adjective

Quīnctius (feminine Quīnctia, neuter Quīnctium); first/second-declension adjective

1. of or pertaining to the gens Quinctia.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	Quīnctius	Quīnctia	Quīnctium		Quīnctiī	Quīnctiae	Quīnctia
genitive	Quīnctiī	Quīnctiae	Quīnctiī		Quīnctiōrum	Quīnctiārum	Quīnctiōrum
dative	Quīnctiō	Quīnctiae	Quīnctiō		Quīnctiīs
accusative	Quīnctium	Quīnctiam	Quīnctium		Quīnctiōs	Quīnctiās	Quīnctia
ablative	Quīnctiō	Quīnctiā	Quīnctiō		Quīnctiīs
vocative	Quīnctie	Quīnctia	Quīnctium		Quīnctiī	Quīnctiae	Quīnctia

References

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