Vindicius
Latin
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [wɪnˈdɪ.ki.ʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [vin̪ˈd̪iː.t͡ʃi.us]
Proper noun
Vindicius m sg (genitive Vindiciī or Vindicī); second declension
- the name of the slave who discovered the conspiracy to restore the Tarquins
Declension
Second-declension noun, singular only.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Vindicius |
| genitive | Vindiciī Vindicī1 |
| dative | Vindiciō |
| accusative | Vindicium |
| ablative | Vindiciō |
| vocative | Vindicī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
References
- “Vindĭcĭus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Vindicius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.