Saturninus

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Latin

Etymology

From Sāturnus +‎ -īnus.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Sāturnīnus m sg (genitive Sāturnīnī); second declension

  1. A Roman cognomen — famously held by:
    1. Gaius Sentius Saturninus, a Roman consul

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

singular
nominative Sāturnīnus
genitive Sāturnīnī
dative Sāturnīnō
accusative Sāturnīnum
ablative Sāturnīnō
vocative Sāturnīne

Descendants

  • Galician: San Sadurniño

References

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