Pescennius
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Latin
Etymology
Probably from Oscan.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /pesˈken.ni.us/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /peʃˈʃen.ni.us/,
Proper noun
Pescennius m sg (genitive Pescenniī or Pescennī); second declension
- a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
- Pescennius Niger, a Roman emperor
Declension
Second-declension noun, singular only.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Pescennius |
| genitive | Pescenniī Pescennī1 |
| dative | Pescenniō |
| accusative | Pescennium |
| ablative | Pescenniō |
| vocative | Pescennī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Derived terms
References
- “Pescennius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Pescennius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.