Spendius

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈspen.di.us/, [ˈs̠pɛn̪d̪iʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈspen.di.us/, [ˈspɛn̪d̪ius]

Proper noun

Spendius m sg (genitive Spendiī or Spendī); second declension

1. A chief of the Carthaginian mercenaries

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Spendius
genitive	Spendiī Spendī1
dative	Spendiō
accusative	Spendium
ablative	Spendiō
vocative	Spendī

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

References

• “Spendius”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray