nomen gentilicium

English

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)

1. The name designating a Roman citizen as a member of a particular gens; a gentile name.

Related terms

• gentilician
• gentilitial, gentilitian, gentilitious

Translations

name designating a Roman citizen as a member of a particular gens

• Dutch: nomen gentile n
• French: gentilice (fr) m
• German: Gentilname (de) m
• Latin: nōmen gentīlicium n, nōmen (la) n, nōmen gentīle n

Latin

Alternative forms

• nōmen gentīlitium

Pronunciation

• (Classical) 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

1. 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.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	nōmen gentīlicium	nōmina gentīlicia
Genitive	nōminis gentīliciī	nōminum gentīliciōrum
Dative	nōminī gentīliciō	nōminibus gentīliciīs
Accusative	nōmen gentīlicium	nōmina gentīlicia
Ablative	nōmine gentīliciō	nōminibus gentīliciīs
Vocative	nōmen gentīlicium	nōmina gentīlicia

Synonyms

• nōmen gentīle

Related terms

• agnōmen
• cognōmen
• cognōmen ex virtūte
• nōmen
• praenōmen

Descendants

• → English: nomen gentilicium