Roscius

Latin

Etymology

Likely from rōscidus (“dewy, moist”), from rōs (“dew, moisture”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈros.ki.us/, [ˈrɔs̠kiʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈroʃ.ʃi.us/, [ˈrɔʃːius]

Proper noun

Roscius m sg (genitive Rosciī or Roscī); second declension

1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
   1. Lucius Roscius Fabatus, a Roman politician
   2. Lucius Roscius Otho, a Roman tribune

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Roscius
genitive	Rosciī Roscī1
dative	Rosciō
accusative	Roscium
ablative	Rosciō
vocative	Roscī

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

Derived terms

• Roscia
• Rosciānus

References

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