Chrysonicus
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Χρῡσόνῑκος (Khrūsónīkos), from a compound of χρῡσός (khrūsós, “gold”) + νῑ́κη (nī́kē, “victory”) + -ος (-os). Only attested directly in inscriptions, and attested indirectly in the word Thēsaurochrȳsonīcochrȳsidēs.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kʰryː.sɔˈniː.kʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [kri.s̬oˈniː.kus]
Proper noun
Chrȳsonīcus m sg (genitive Chrȳsonīcī); second declension
- A masculine cognomen
- 251 CE – 300 CE, CIL VI 01424:
- Aurelia Soteris et Mussius Chrysonicus nutritores lactanei
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- Aurelia Soteris et Mussius Chrysonicus nutritores lactanei
Declension
Second-declension noun, singular only.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Chrȳsonīcus |
| genitive | Chrȳsonīcī |
| dative | Chrȳsonīcō |
| accusative | Chrȳsonīcum |
| ablative | Chrȳsonīcō |
| vocative | Chrȳsonīce |
References
- “Chrȳsonīcus” in volume 2, column 424, line 80 in the Thesaurus Linguae Latinae (TLL Open Access), Berlin (formerly Leipzig): De Gruyter (formerly Teubner), 1900–present