Cilnius

== Latin == === Etymology === From Etruscan 𐌊𐌚𐌄𐌋𐌍𐌄 (kfelne) or 𐌊𐌚𐌄𐌍𐌋𐌄 (kfenle). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkɪɫ.ni.ʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈt͡ʃil.ni.us] === Proper noun === Cilnius m sg (genitive Cilniī or Cilnī); second declension a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by: Gaius Cilnius Maecenas, a friend of Augustus and patron of Virgilius ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun, singular only. 1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age). ==== Derived terms ==== Cilnia === Adjective === Cilnius (feminine Cilnia, neuter Cilnium); first/second-declension adjective of or pertaining to the gens Cilnia. ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. === References === “Cilnius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Cilnius”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.