Mezentius
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English
Proper noun
Mezentius
Derived terms
Latin
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /mezˈzen.ti.us/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /medˈd͡zen.t͡si.us/,
Proper noun
Mezentius m sg (genitive Mezentiī or Mezentī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Mezentius |
| Genitive | Mezentiī Mezentī1 |
| Dative | Mezentiō |
| Accusative | Mezentium |
| Ablative | Mezentiō |
| Vocative | Mezentī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Further reading
- Mezentius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Mezentius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press