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Latin
Etymology
From the Ancient Greek Φωτεινός (Phōteinós).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Phōtīnus m sg (genitive Phōtīnī); second declension
- a male given name from Ancient Greek
- (so, especially) Photinus (the bishop of Sirmium, founder of a Christian sect, the adherents of which are called Phōtīniānī)
- Saint Pothinus (Lyonnais martyr)
Declension
Second-declension noun, singular only.
Derived terms
References
- “Phōtīnus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Phōtīnus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1,177/1.