Ennius

== Latin == === Etymology === In Messapia/Iapygia in southern Italy such as Ennius, interpreted as a theophoric name: "the one dedicated to En". (Lambertz 1973 p476) (Treimer 1971 p32) === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈɛn.ni.ʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈɛn.ni.us] === Proper noun === Ennius m sg (genitive Enniī or Ennī); second declension a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by: Quintus Ennius, a Roman poet ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun, singular only. 1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age). ==== Derived terms ==== Ennia Enniānus ==== Descendants ==== Ancient Greek: Ἔννιος (Énnios) Italian: Ennio === References === “Ennius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Ennius”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.