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Latin
Etymology
From modestus + -īnus.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Modestīnus m sg (genitive Modestīnī); second declension
- A Roman cognomen — famously held by:
- Herennius Modestinus, a Roman jurist
Declension
Second-declension noun, singular only.
References
- Modestinus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.