Plaetorius
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Latin
Etymology
The gens is likely of Latin/Italic origin; compare laetus (“glad, cheerful”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /plae̯ˈtoː.ri.us/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /pleˈto.ri.us/,
Proper noun
Plaetōrius m (genitive Plaetōriī or Plaetōrī); second declension
- The name of a Roman gens, famously held by:
- Marcus Plaetorius Cestianus (a Roman praetor)
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Plaetōrius | Plaetōriī |
| genitive | Plaetōriī Plaetōrī1 |
Plaetōriōrum |
| dative | Plaetōriō | Plaetōriīs |
| accusative | Plaetōrium | Plaetōriōs |
| ablative | Plaetōriō | Plaetōriīs |
| vocative | Plaetōrī | Plaetōriī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Adjective
Plaetōrius (feminine Plaetōria, neuter Plaetōrium); first/second-declension adjective
- of or pertaining to the gens Plaetoria
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | Plaetōrius | Plaetōria | Plaetōrium | Plaetōriī | Plaetōriae | Plaetōria | |
| genitive | Plaetōriī | Plaetōriae | Plaetōriī | Plaetōriōrum | Plaetōriārum | Plaetōriōrum | |
| dative | Plaetōriō | Plaetōriae | Plaetōriō | Plaetōriīs | |||
| accusative | Plaetōrium | Plaetōriam | Plaetōrium | Plaetōriōs | Plaetōriās | Plaetōria | |
| ablative | Plaetōriō | Plaetōriā | Plaetōriō | Plaetōriīs | |||
| vocative | Plaetōrie | Plaetōria | Plaetōrium | Plaetōriī | Plaetōriae | Plaetōria | |
Derived terms
- Plaetōriānus (“pertaining to Plaetorius”, adjective)
References
- “Plaetorius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Plaetorius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- George Davis Chase, "The Origin of Roman Praenomina", in Harvard Studies in Classical Philology, vol. VIII (1897).