Plautius
Latin
Alternative forms
- Plōtius
Etymology
From Plautus (agnomen and cognomen) + -ius (“-y”, adjective-forming suffix) or directly from plautus (“flat-footed; flap-eared”) + -ius. Compare Laevus & Laevius and Plancus & Plancius.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈpɫau̯.ti.ʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈplau̯t̪.t̪͡s̪i.us]
Proper noun
Plautius m sg (genitive Plautiī or Plautī); second declension
- a nomen (nomen gentile), a Roman family name
Declension
Second-declension noun, singular only.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Plautius |
| genitive | Plautiī Plautī1 |
| dative | Plautiō |
| accusative | Plautium |
| ablative | Plautiō |
| vocative | Plautī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Derived terms
- Plautiānus
References
- “Plautius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Plautius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.