Scribonius

Latin

Etymology

Probably from scrībō (recruiter) +‎ -ius.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Scrībōnius m sg (genitive Scrībōniī or Scrībōnī); second declension

  1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
    1. Gaius Scribonius Curio, a Roman statesman and orator
    2. Scribonius Largus, a Roman physician

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

singular
nominative Scrībōnius
genitive Scrībōniī
Scrībōnī1
dative Scrībōniō
accusative Scrībōnium
ablative Scrībōniō
vocative Scrībōnī

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

Derived terms

  • Scrībōnia
  • Scrībōniānus

References

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