Lacerius

== Latin == === Etymology === From lacer (“mangled, torn”) + -ius. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɫaˈkɛ.ri.ʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [laˈt͡ʃɛː.ri.us] === Proper noun === Lacerius m sg (genitive Laceriī or Lacerī); second declension a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by: Gaius Lacerius, a Roman tribune ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun, singular only. 1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age). === References === “Lacerius”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.