Plautius

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Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Plautus (agnomen and cognomen) +‎ -ius (“-y”, adjective-forming suffix) or directly from plautus (“flat-footed; flap-eared”) +‎ -ius. Compare Laevus & Laevius and Plancus & Plancius.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Plautius m sg (genitive Plautiī or Plautī); second declension

  1. a nomen (nomen gentile), a Roman family name
    Marcus Plautius Silvanus
     

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

singular
nominative Plautius
genitive Plautiī
Plautī1
dative Plautiō
accusative Plautium
ablative Plautiō
vocative Plautī

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Derived terms

References

  • “Plautius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Plautius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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