Symmachus

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Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Σύμμαχος (Súmmakhos).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Symmachus m sg (genitive Symmachī); second declension

  1. A Roman cognomen — famously held by:
    1. Quintus Aurelius Symmachus, a Roman orator

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

singular
nominative Symmachus
genitive Symmachī
dative Symmachō
accusative Symmachum
ablative Symmachō
vocative Symmache

Derived terms

References

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