Ausonius
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English
Proper noun
Ausonius
- Decimus Magnus Ausonius, a 4th-century Roman poet.
Translations
Roman poet
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Αὐσονίᾱ (Ausoníā, “Italy”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /au̯ˈso.ni.us/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /au̯ˈso.ni.us/,
Proper noun
Ausonius m sg (genitive Ausoniī or Ausonī); second declension
- Ausonius (Roman poet)
Declension
Second-declension noun, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Ausonius |
| Genitive | Ausoniī Ausonī1 |
| Dative | Ausoniō |
| Accusative | Ausonium |
| Ablative | Ausoniō |
| Vocative | Ausonī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
References
- “Ausonius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Ausonius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Further reading
Decimus Magnus Ausonius on the Latin Wikipedia.Wikipedia la
