Antonius

English

Etymology

From Latin Antonius.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ænˈtəʊni.əs/
(US) IPA^(key): /ænˈtoʊni.əs/

Proper noun

Antonius

a Roman nomen gentile
Marcus Antonius

Translations

a Roman nomen gentile

Armenian: Անտոնիոս (Antonios)
German: Antonius (de)
Latin: Antonius

Portuguese: António (pt) m (Portugal), Antônio (pt) m (Brazil)
Russian: Анто́ний (ru) (Antónij)

Anagrams

Antinous, Utonians

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Άντον (Ánton), a son of Heracles. Marcus Antonius claimed gens descent from Άντον (Ánton) but the gens is probably Etruscan in origin.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /anˈtoː.ni.us/, [anˈtoː.ni.ʊs]
(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /anˈto.ni.us/, [anˈtɔː.ni̯us]

Proper noun

Antōnius m (genitive Antōniī); second declension

The name of a Roman gens, a "family name".

Inflection

Second declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	Antōnius	Antōniī
genitive	Antōniī Antōnī¹	Antōniōrum
dative	Antōniō	Antōniīs
accusative	Antōnium	Antōniōs
ablative	Antōniō	Antōniīs
vocative	Antōnī	Antōniī

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

Descendants

English: Anthony, Antony, Tony
French: Antoine
Greek: Αντώνιος (Antónios), Αντώνης (Antónis)
Icelandic: Anton
Irish: Antóin

Italian: Antonio
Portuguese: Antônio, António, Antão, Antomio
Romanian: Antoniu, Înton
Russian: Анто́н (Antón)
Spanish: Antonio

References

Antonius in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Antonius in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
Antonius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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