Saturninus

Latin

Etymology

From Sāturnus +‎ -īnus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /saː.turˈniː.nus/, [s̠äːt̪ʊrˈniːnʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /sa.turˈni.nus/, [sät̪urˈniːnus]

Proper noun

Sāturnīnus m sg (genitive Sāturnīnī); second declension

1. A Roman cognomen — famously held by:
   1. Gaius Sentius Saturninus, a Roman consul

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Sāturnīnus
Genitive	Sāturnīnī
Dative	Sāturnīnō
Accusative	Sāturnīnum
Ablative	Sāturnīnō
Vocative	Sāturnīne

Descendants

• ⇒ Galician: San Sadurniño

References

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