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Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Χρῡσόνῑκος (Khrūsónīkos), from a compound of χρῡσός (khrūsós, “gold”) + νῑ́κη (nī́kē, “victory”) + -ος (-os). Only attested directly in inscriptions, and attested indirectly in the word Thēsaurochrȳsonīcochrȳsidēs.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Chrȳsonīcus m sg (genitive Chrȳsonīcī); second declension
- A masculine cognomen
251 CE – 300 CE,
CIL VI 01424 :
- Aurelia Soteris et Mussius Chrysonicus nutritores lactanei
Declension
Second-declension noun, singular only.
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