proper noun · masculinesecond declension
Aventīnus
Aventīnus m sg (genitive Aventīnī)
Classical[a.wɛnˈtiː.nʊs]Ecclesiastical[a.venˈtiː.nus]
Meaning
- RomanA mythological king of Alba Longa, son of Romulus Silvius, father of Procas, great-great-grandfather of Romulus and Remus
- alternativealternative form of Aventīnus mons
In the readers how our graded readers gloss it
the Aventine
Aventīnus -ī — in Viri Romae Facillimi, ch. 25
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Aventīnus | — |
| genitive | Aventīnī | — |
| dative | Aventīnō | — |
| accusative | Aventīnum | — |
| ablative | Aventīnō | — |
| vocative | Aventīne | — |
| locative | Aventīnī | — |
Ăventīnus, i, m.
I.A.. (Sc. mons.) The Aventine, one of the seven hills of Rome, extending from the Palatine to the Cœlian Mount; until the reign of Ancus Marcius, without the city proper, Cic. Rep. 2, 18; Sen. Brev. Vit. 14; Gell. 13, 4. The origin of the name is uncertain; acc. to Liv. 1, 3, 9, it was named from Aventinus, an Alban king buried there; other etymologies are given by Varr. L. L. 5, § 43 Müll.; cf. Serv. ad Verg. A. 7, 657, where, beside the etymologies given and referred to, another is given from Varro; cf. Creuz, Antiq. p. 23 sq.; Smith, Dict. Antiq.—Neutr.: Aventī-num, i, Liv. 1, 33, 1 and 5; 21, 62, 8.— Hence,
B. The adjj.,
1. ăventīnus, a, um, of Mount Aventine:
cacumen, Ov. F 4, 816: jugum, id. ib. 3, 884: arx, id. ib. 6, 728: humus, id. ib. 6, 82: Remus, because he consulted the auspices there (therefore its summit was called Remuria; v. Remurinus), Prop. 5, 1, 50: Diana, because she had there an ancient and very distinguished temple, id. 5, 8, 29; cf. Hor. C. S. 69; Mart. 12, 18, 3; 7, 73, 1.—2. ăven-tīnensis (Fest. s. v. nesi, p. 165 Müll.) or ăventīnĭensis (Val. Max. 7, 3, 1), e, of or belonging to Mount Aventine: Diana, who had a temple upon the Aventine Hill —
II. A son of Hercules, Verg. A. 7, 657.
Origins
See Aventīnus mons.