proper noun · masculinesecond declension
Licinius
Licinius m sg (genitive Liciniī or Licinī)
Classical[lɪˈkɪ.ni.ʊs]Ecclesiastical[liˈt͡ʃiː.ni.us]
Meaning
- masculinesingulara nomen, a Roman family name
Marcus Licinius Crassus
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Licinius | — |
| genitive | Liciniī Licinī | — |
| dative | Liciniō | — |
| accusative | Licinium | — |
| ablative | Liciniō | — |
| vocative | Licinī | — |
Lĭcĭnĭus, a,
I. name of a Roman gens.
3. L. Licinius Crassus, the famous orator, Cic. de Or. 3, 20, 74; Tac. Dial. 34.—In fem.: Lĭcĭnĭa, ae, a daughter of the orator L. Licinius Crassus, Cic. Brut. 58, 211.—Also, a vestal, Cic. Brut. 43, 160.—
II. Hence,
A. Lĭcĭnĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Licinius, Licinian:
lex, of various kinds, esp. the lex de sodaliciis, Cic. Planc. 15, 36; cf. the Index legum, Orell. Cic. Opera, vol. viii. p. 199 sq.: lex Licinia et Mucia de civibus redigundis, Cic. Cornel. Fragm. 10, vol. xi. p. 11 B. and K.: lex de modo agrorum, Liv. 34, 4; cf. Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 9 al.: atria, named after L. Licinius Crassus, auction-halls, Cic. Quint. 3, 12; 6, 25.—B. Lĭcĭnĭānus, a, um, adj., Licinian:
olea, introduced by a Licinius, Cato, R. R. 6, 2: jugera, the lands distributed to the plebeians by C. Licinius Stolo, Col. 1, 3, 10; id. Arb. 17.—2. Lĭcĭ-nĭāni, ōrum, m., a surname of the sons and descendants of Cato the Censor, by his first wife, Licinia;
to distinguish them from those by the second, who where called Salonii or Saloniani, Plin. 7, 14, 12, § 62.Origins
Uncertain. Possibly from Licinus or licinus (“turned up, turned back”) + -ius (“-y: forming adjectives”) in reference to a prominent figure's nose or hair, from Old Latin *lecinos, from Proto-Indo-European *lewg- (“to bend”) or from the common Etruscan name 𐌋𐌄𐌂𐌍𐌄 (lecne). There are numerous other examples of Latin nomina formed by adjusting the -inus suffix of a cognomen to end with -ius instead.
Descendants
- ItalianLicinio