Constantinus

== Latin == === Etymology === Patronymic from Cōnstāns / Cōnstantius +‎ -īnus. Compare Valentīnus. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kõː.stanˈtiː.nʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [kon.stanˈtiː.nus] === Proper noun === Cōnstantīnus m sg (genitive Cōnstantīnī, feminine Cōnstantīna); second declension a masculine cognomen and praenomen held by the Gens Flavia, most notably by Constantine the Great ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun, singular only. ==== Derived terms ==== Cōnstantīna Cōnstantīniānus Cōnstantīnōpolis ==== Descendants ==== === References === “Constantinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Constantinus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.