Arruntius

Latin

Etymology

From Arrūns (son of Tarquinius) +‎ -ius.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Arruntius m sg (genitive Arruntiī or Arruntī); second declension

  1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
    1. Lucius Arruntius, a Roman admiral

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

singular
nominative Arruntius
genitive Arruntiī
Arruntī1
dative Arruntiō
accusative Arruntium
ablative Arruntiō
vocative Arruntī

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

Derived terms

  • Arruntia

References

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