Ventidius
Latin
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /u̯enˈti.di.us/, [u̯ɛn̪ˈt̪ɪd̪iʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /venˈti.di.us/, [ven̪ˈt̪iːd̪ius]
Proper noun
Ventidius m sg (genitive Ventidiī or Ventidī); second declension
- a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
- Ventidius Cumanus, a Roman procurator
Declension
Second-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Ventidius |
Genitive | Ventidiī Ventidī1 |
Dative | Ventidiō |
Accusative | Ventidium |
Ablative | Ventidiō |
Vocative | Ventidī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Derived terms
- Ventidiānus
References
- “Ventidius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Ventidius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette