Mestrius
Latin
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈmɛs.tri.ʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈmɛs.t̪ri.us]
Proper noun
Mestrius m sg (genitive Mestriī or Mestrī); second declension
- a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
- Plutarch, a Greek biographer who took the Roman citizenship
Declension
Second-declension noun, singular only.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Mestrius |
| genitive | Mestriī Mestrī1 |
| dative | Mestriō |
| accusative | Mestrium |
| ablative | Mestriō |
| vocative | Mestrī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Derived terms
- Mestriānus
Descendants
- Ancient Greek: Μέστριος (Méstrios)
References
- “Mestrianus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Mestrius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.