Pontidius
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Latin
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ponˈti.di.us/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ponˈti.di.us/,
Proper noun
Pontidius m sg (genitive Pontidiī or Pontidī); second declension
- a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name", famously held by:
- Marcus Pontidius, a Roman orator
Declension
Second-declension noun, singular only.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Pontidius |
| genitive | Pontidiī Pontidī1 |
| dative | Pontidiō |
| accusative | Pontidium |
| ablative | Pontidiō |
| vocative | Pontidī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
References
- “Pontidius”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray