Mestrius

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Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Proper noun

Mestrius m sg (genitive Mestriī or Mestrī); second declension

  1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
    1. Plutarch, a Greek biographer who took the Roman citizenship

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

singular
nominative Mestrius
genitive Mestriī
Mestrī1
dative Mestriō
accusative Mestrium
ablative Mestriō
vocative Mestrī

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

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Ancient Greek: Μέστριος (Méstrios)

References

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