Catonius

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Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Proper noun

Catōnius m sg (genitive Catōniī or Catōnī); second declension

  1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
    1. Catonius Justus, a Roman centurion

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

singular
nominative Catōnius
genitive Catōniī
Catōnī1
dative Catōniō
accusative Catōnium
ablative Catōniō
vocative Catōnī

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

References

  • Catonius Justus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray