Vargunteius

Latin

Alternative forms

• Varguntējus

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /u̯ar.ɡunˈteː.i̯us/, [u̯ärɡʊn̪ˈt̪eːi̯ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /var.ɡunˈte.jus/, [värɡun̪ˈt̪ɛːjus]

Proper noun

Varguntēius m sg (genitive Varguntēiī or Varguntēī); second declension

1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
   1. Lucius Vargunteius, a fellow conspirator with Catiline

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Varguntēius
genitive	Varguntēiī Varguntēī1
dative	Varguntēiō
accusative	Varguntēium
ablative	Varguntēiō
vocative	Varguntēī

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

References

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