nomen gentilicium
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Etymology
Borrowed from Latin nōmen (“name”) + gentīlicium (nominative neuter singular form of gentīlicius, “belonging to a particular Roman gens”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈnəʊmɛn d͡ʒɛntaɪˈlɪsɪəm/
Noun
nomen gentilicium (plural nomina gentilicia)
Related terms
Translations
name designating a Roman citizen as a member of a particular gens
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Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈnoː.men ɡen.tiːˈli.ki.um/, [ˈnoːmɛn ɡɛn̪t̪iːˈlʲɪkiʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈno.men d͡ʒen.tiˈli.t͡ʃi.um/, [ˈnɔːmen d͡ʒen̪t̪iˈliːt͡ʃium]
Noun
nōmen gentīlicium n (genitive nōminis gentīliciī); third declension
- name belonging to a particular gens, gentile name, also borrowed directly as nomen gentilicium
- 1737, Gottfried Sellius, Ad locum M. Terentii Varronis de Re rust. lib. ii. c. i. n. vii. de nominibus Romanorum brutisonis, page 13:
- At vero nec praenominis nominisque gentilitii, quae ad Augustum usque perdurauerat, laudata singularitas obseruata diutius legitur: namque post eius tempora multos duo nomina gentilicia habuisse inuenies.
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Declension
Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem) with a second-declension adjective.
Synonyms
- nōmen gentīle
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Descendants
- → English: nomen gentilicium
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