Sertorius

Latin

Etymology

From *sertor +‎ -ius, from serō (“to link”) +‎ -tor (“-er”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /serˈtoː.ri.us/, [s̠ɛrˈt̪oːriʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /serˈto.ri.us/, [serˈt̪ɔːrius]

Proper noun

Sertōrius m sg (genitive Sertōriī or Sertōrī); second declension

1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
   1. Quintus Sertorius, a Roman general

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Sertōrius
genitive	Sertōriī Sertōrī1
dative	Sertōriō
accusative	Sertōrium
ablative	Sertōriō
vocative	Sertōrī

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

Derived terms

• Sertōria
• Sertōriānus

References

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