Valentiniani
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
Either Valentīnus + -iānus or Valentīnius + -ānus.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [wa.ɫɛn.tiː.niˈaː.niː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [va.len̪.t̪i.niˈaː.ni]
Proper noun
Valentīniānī m pl (genitive Valentīniānōrum); second declension
- disciples of the early Christian gnostic theologian Valentinus, Valentinians
Declension
Second-declension noun, plural only.
| plural | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Valentīniānī |
| genitive | Valentīniānōrum |
| dative | Valentīniānīs |
| accusative | Valentīniānōs |
| ablative | Valentīniānīs |
| vocative | Valentīniānī |
References
- “Vălentīnĭāni”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- "Valentiniani", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- Vălentīnĭāni in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1,644/1.