Comenius

== Latin == === Etymology === From Czech Komenský + Latin -ius. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kɔˈmɛ.ni.ʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [koˈmɛː.ni.us] === Proper noun === Comenius m sg (genitive Comeniī or Comenī); second declension (New Latin) a surname from Czech — famously held by: Jan Amos Komenský (1592–1670), Czech philosopher, pedagogue and theologian. ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun, singular only. 1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).