Saturninus

Latin

Etymology

From Sāturnus +‎ -īnus.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /saː.turˈniː.nus/, [s̠äːt̪ʊrˈniːnʊs̠]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /sa.turˈni.nus/, [sät̪urˈniːnus]

Proper noun

Sāturnīnus m sg (genitive Sāturnīnī); second declension

  1. A Roman cognomen — famously held by:
    1. Gaius Sentius Saturninus, a Roman consul

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Sāturnīnus
Genitive Sāturnīnī
Dative Sāturnīnō
Accusative Sāturnīnum
Ablative Sāturnīnō
Vocative Sāturnīne

Descendants
  • ⇒ Galician: San Sadurniño

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