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Latin
Etymology
Probably from calvēns (“deceiving”) + -ius.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Calventius m sg (genitive Calventiī or Calventī); second declension
- a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
- Marcus Calventius Viator, a Roman comander
Declension
Second-declension noun, singular only.
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
References
- Calventius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Calventius”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray