nominus

Latin

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈno.mi.nus/, [ˈnɔmɪnʊs̠]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈno.mi.nus/, [ˈnɔːminus]

Noun

nominus

(Old Latin, rare) genitive singular of nomen
- CIL 10.00104:
  Bacas vir nequis adiese velet ceivis Romanus neve nominus Latini neve socium
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Usage notes

This form shows the rare genitive singular ending -us instead of the standard Classical Latin ending -is. This unique ending is poorly attested and largely exclusive to religious or legal documents.

References

Coleman, Robert (1990) “Dialectal Variation in Republican Latin, with Special Reference to Praenestine”, in Proceedings of the Cambridge Philological Society‎^[1], number 36 (216) (quotation in English; overall work in English), →ISSN, page 8