Gentius

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Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Illyrian, compare Ancient Greek Γένθιος (Génthios), Γέντιος (Géntios). Ultimately possibly from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- (“to produce”).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Gentius m sg (genitive Gentiī or Gentī); second declension

  1. a male given name, the last Illyrian king
    • 27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita 44.23.1:
      Perseus quod iam inchoatum perficere, quia inpensa pecuniae facienda erat, non inducebat in animum, ut Gentium Illyriorum regem sibi adiungeret

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Gentius
Genitive Gentiī
Gentī1
Dative Gentiō
Accusative Gentium
Ablative Gentiō
Vocative Gentī

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

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Albanian: Gent, Genc
  • → Italian: Genzio

References

  • Gentius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “Gentius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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