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Latin
Etymology
From Plancus (agnomen and cognomen) + -ius (“-y”, adjective-forming suffix) or directly from plancus (“flat-footed”) + -ius. Compare Laevus & Laevius and Plautus & Plautius.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Plancius m sg (genitive Planciī or Plancī); second declension
- a nomen (nomen gentile), a Roman family name
Declension
Second-declension noun, singular only.
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
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References
- “Plancius”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
- Plancius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.