proper noun · masculinesecond declension
Plautius
Plautius m sg (genitive Plautiī or Plautī)
Classical[ˈpɫau̯.ti.ʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈplau̯t.t͡si.us]
Meaning
- masculinesingulara nomen (nomen gentile), a Roman family name
Marcus Plautius Silvanus
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Plautius | — |
| genitive | Plautiī Plautī | — |
| dative | Plautiō | — |
| accusative | Plautium | — |
| ablative | Plautiō | — |
| vocative | Plautī | — |
Plautĭus (Plōt-), i, m.,
I. name of a Roman gens.
1. M. Plautius Hypsaeus, a consul A. U. C. 630, Cic. de Or. 1, 36, 166.—
2. M. Plautius Silvanus, a tribune of the people A. U. C. 666, Ascon. Cic. Corn. p. 79.—
3. L. Plotius Gallus, a rhetorician in the time of Marius, Suet. Rhet. 2.—
4. L. Plotius, a poet who celebrated the Mithridatic war, Cic. Arch. 9, 20.—Hence,
A. Plautĭus (Plōt-), a, um, adj., of or pertaining to a Plautius (Plotius), Plautian, Plotian: Plautia lex, of the tribune of the people M. Plautius Sylvanus, Ascon. Cic. Corn. p. 79:
ipse (Catilina) lege Plautiā interrogatus est, Sall. C. 31, 4; Cic. Mil. 13, 35: Plautia rogatio, Gell. 13, 3, 5: Plotia rogatio, Suet. Caes. 5.—B. Plautĭānus (Plōt-), a, um, adj., Plautian:
fabulae, of the comic poet Plautius, Gell. 3, 3: de bonis Plotianis, belonging to a certain Plotius, Cic. Fam. 13, 8, 2.Origins
From Plautus (agnomen and cognomen) + -ius (“-y”, adjective-forming suffix) or directly from plautus (“flat-footed; flap-eared”) + -ius. Compare Laevus & Laevius and Plancus & Plancius.