Plinius

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Proper noun

Plinius

  1. Pliny

Derived terms

Latin

Etymology

From the Roman gens Plinia, an Italic name of obscure origin; possibly from the Insubric (Gaulish) root Plina through rhotacism from prina, or from a north Italic word for “bald”.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Plīnius m sg (genitive Plīniī or Plīnī); second declension

  1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name", famously held by:
    1. Gaius Plinius Secundus, Pliny the Elder

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

singular
nominative Plīnius
genitive Plīniī
Plīnī1
dative Plīniō
accusative Plīnium
ablative Plīniō
vocative Plīnī

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

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Italian: Plinio

References

  • Plinius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Plinius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Pokorny, Julius. "Indogermanisches Etymologisches Woerterbuch" (in German). University of Leiden.