Scribonius

Latin

Etymology

Probably from scrībō (“recruiter”) +‎ -ius.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /skriːˈboː.ni.us/, [s̠kriːˈboːniʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /skriˈbo.ni.us/, [skriˈbɔːnius]

Proper noun

Scrībōnius m sg (genitive Scrībōniī or Scrībōnī); second declension

1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
   1. Gaius Scribonius Curio, a Roman statesman and orator
   2. Scribonius Largus, a Roman physician

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Scrībōnius
genitive	Scrībōniī Scrībōnī1
dative	Scrībōniō
accusative	Scrībōnium
ablative	Scrībōniō
vocative	Scrībōnī

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

Derived terms

• Scrībōnia
• Scrībōniānus

References

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