Umbonius
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Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From umbō (“boss of a shield”) + -ius.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /umˈboː.ni.us/, [ʊmˈboːniʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /umˈbo.ni.us/, [umˈbɔːnius]
Proper noun
[edit]Umbōnius m sg (genitive Umbōniī or Umbōnī); second declension
- a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name", famously held by:
- Umbonius Silio, a Roman governor of Hispania Baetica
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Umbōnius |
| Genitive | Umbōniī Umbōnī1 |
| Dative | Umbōniō |
| Accusative | Umbōnium |
| Ablative | Umbōniō |
| Vocative | Umbōnī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
References
[edit]- “Silio, Umbonius”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray