LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
proper noun · masculinesecond declension

Auruncī

Auruncī m pl (genitive Auruncōrum)

Meaning

  1. An Italic tribe who inhabited a region in Latium, called Ausones by the Greeks

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominative—Auruncī
genitive—Auruncōrum
dative—Auruncīs
accusative—Auruncōs
ablative—Auruncīs
vocative—Auruncī

Aurunci, ōrum, m., = Ausones, q.v., = Αὔρουγκοι Tzetz.
I. The Aurunci, Verg. A. 11, 318; Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 56.—Hence,
II. A.. Aurunca, ae, f., an old town in Campania (acc. to the fable, built by Auson, the son of Ulysses and Calypso, Fest. s. v. Ausoniam, p. 15): magnus Auruncae alumnus, i. e. the satirist Lucilius, whose paternal city, Suessa Aurunca, was a colony of the Aurunci, Juv. 1, 20 Rup.—Hence,
B. Au-runcus, a, um, adj., of or pertaining to Aurunca, Auruncian: senes, Verg. A. 7, 206: patres, id. ib. 7, 727: manus, id. ib. 7, 795: Suessa Aurunca, now Sessa, Vell. 1, 14.

Origins

From an earlier *Ausonci (by rhotacism), from Ancient Greek Αὔσονες (Aúsones), a name used by the Greeks to refer to various Italic peoples.

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

GeographyAurunciEth. Aurunci (Eth. Αὔρουγκοι), is the name given by Roman writers to an ancient race or nation of Italy. It appears certain that it was originally the…

Quick answers

What does Auruncī mean in Latin?
Auruncī, a proper noun, means “An Italic tribe who inhabited a region in Latium, called Ausones by the Greeks”.
What is the genitive of Auruncī?
The genitive singular is Auruncōrum. Auruncī is masculine, second declension.