Gabinius

== Latin == === Etymology === From Gabiī (“an ancient city of Latium founded by the Sicilians”) + -īnus. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɡaˈbiː.ni.ʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ɡaˈbiː.ni.us] === Proper noun === Gabīnius m sg (genitive Gabīniī or Gabīnī); second declension a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by: Aulus Gabinius, a Roman general and statesman ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun, singular only. 1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age). ==== Derived terms ==== Gabīnia Gabīniānus ==== Descendants ==== Ancient Greek: Γαβίνιος (Gabínios) === Adjective === Gabīnius (feminine Gabīnia, neuter Gabīnium); first/second-declension adjective of or pertaining to the gens Gabinia. ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. === References === “Gabinius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Gabinius”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.