Balventius
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Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /balˈu̯en.ti.us/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /balˈven.t͡si.us/,
Proper noun
Balventius m (genitive Balventiī or Balventī); second declension
- A Roman nomen gentilicium, gens or "family name" is known chiefly from a person by:
- Titus Balventius, a Primus pilus in the command of Quintus Titurius Sabinus in Gaul.
- c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico 5.35:
- Tum Tito Balventio, qui superiore anno primum pilum duxerat, viro forti et magnae auctoritatis, utrumque femur tragula traicitur;
- At length, each thigh of T. Balventius, who the year before had been chief centurion, a brave man and one of great authority, is pierced with a javelin;
- Tum Tito Balventio, qui superiore anno primum pilum duxerat, viro forti et magnae auctoritatis, utrumque femur tragula traicitur;
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Balventius | Balventiī |
| genitive | Balventiī Balventī1 |
Balventiōrum |
| dative | Balventiō | Balventiīs |
| accusative | Balventium | Balventiōs |
| ablative | Balventiō | Balventiīs |
| vocative | Balventī | Balventiī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).