Leibnitius
Latin
Alternative forms
- Leipnitius (rare)
Etymology
Adaptation of the German Leibniz.
Proper noun
Leibnitius m sg (genitive Leibnitiī or Leibnitī); second declension
- a surname from German — famously held by:
- Godefridus Guilielmus Leibnitius (1646–1716), German mathematician, philosopher, and polymath
Declension
Second-declension noun, singular only.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Leibnitius |
| genitive | Leibnitiī Leibnitī1 |
| dative | Leibnitiō |
| accusative | Leibnitium |
| ablative | Leibnitiō |
| vocative | Leibnitī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Derived terms
- Leibnitiānus
Descendants
- → Greek: Λεϊβνίτιος (Leïvnítios)
Further reading
- Godefridus Guilielmus Leibnitius on the Latin Wikipedia.Wikipedia la