Censorinus

Latin

Etymology

From censōrīnus, from censor +‎ -īnus (“-ine: forming adjectives”), from cēnsēre (“to evaluate, to assess”) + -or (“-er: forming agent nouns”).

Proper noun

Censōrīnus m sg (genitive Censōrīnī); second declension

  1. a cognomen used by the gentes Marcia and Caelia
    Censorinus Grammaticus
    Censorinus the Grammarian

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

singular
nominative Censōrīnus
genitive Censōrīnī
dative Censōrīnō
accusative Censōrīnum
ablative Censōrīnō
vocative Censōrīne

References

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