Cominius

Latin

Etymology

The gens is of Italic/Auruncan origin; see Cominia for more.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /koˈmi.ni.us/, [kɔˈmɪniʊs̠]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /koˈmi.ni.us/, [koˈmiːnius]

Proper noun

Cominius m sg (genitive Cominiī or Cominī); second declension

a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
1. Postumus Cominius Auruncus, a Roman consul

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Cominius
Genitive	Cominiī Cominī¹
Dative	Cominiō
Accusative	Cominium
Ablative	Cominiō
Vocative	Cominī

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Derived terms

Cominia

References

“Cominius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Cominius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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