Umbonius

Umbonius

Latin

Etymology

From umbō (“boss of a shield”) +‎ -ius.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /umˈboː.ni.us/, [ʊmˈboː.ni.ʊs]

Proper noun

Umbōnius m sg (genitive Umbōniī or Umbōnī); second declension

1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name", famously held by:
   1. Umbonius Silio, a Roman governor of Hispania Baetica

Declension

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

• Silio, Umbonius in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray