Roscius

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Latin

Etymology

Likely from rōscidus (“dewy, moist”), from rōs (“dew, moisture”).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Roscius m sg (genitive Rosciī or Roscī); second declension

  1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
    1. Lucius Roscius Fabatus, a Roman politician
    2. Lucius Roscius Otho, a Roman tribune

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

singular
nominative Roscius
genitive Rosciī
Roscī1
dative Rosciō
accusative Roscium
ablative Rosciō
vocative Roscī

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

Derived terms

References

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