Antonius

Antonius

English

Etymology

From Latin Antōnius.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ænˈtəʊni.əs/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ænˈtoʊni.əs/

Proper noun

Antonius

1. a Roman nomen gentile

   Marcus Antonius

Translations

a Roman nomen gentile

Armenian: Անտոնիոս (Antonios) French: Antoine (fr) m German: Antonius (de) Latin: Antonius Portuguese: António (pt) m (Portugal), Antônio (pt) m (Brazil) Russian: Анто́ний (ru) (Antónij)

Anagrams

• Antinous, Utonians

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Latin

Etymology

Marcus Antonius claimed gens descent from Ἄντων (Ántōn), a son of Heracles, but the gens is probably Etruscan in origin.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /anˈtoː.ni.us/, [än̪ˈt̪oːniʊs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /anˈto.ni.us/, [än̪ˈt̪ɔːnius]

Proper noun

Antōnius m (genitive Antōniī or Antōnī); second declension

1. The name of a Roman gens, a "family name".

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	Antōnius	Antōniī
Genitive	Antōniī Antōnī1	Antōniōrum
Dative	Antōniō	Antōniīs
Accusative	Antōnium	Antōniōs
Ablative	Antōniō	Antōniīs
Vocative	Antōnī	Antōniī

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

Descendants

• Albanian: Ndue
• Catalan: Antoni
• Basque: Andoni, Antton
• English: Anthony, Antony, Tony
• French: Antoine
• Galician: Antón
• Ancient Greek: Ἀντώνιος (Antṓnios)
  • Greek: Αντώνιος (Antónios), Αντώνης (Antónis)
• Icelandic: Anton
• Irish: Antóin
• Italian: Antonio, Tonio, Toni
• Hungarian: Antal
• Manx: Anthoin, Antoin
• Occitan: Antòni
• Portuguese: Antônio, António, Antão, Antomio
• Romanian: Antoniu, Înton
• Russian: Анто́н (Antón)
• Sicilian: Ntoniu
• Spanish: Antonio

References

• “Antonius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Antonius”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Antonius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette