Licinius

== Latin == === Alternative forms === Licinnius === Etymology === Uncertain. Possibly from Licinus or licinus (“turned up, turned back”) +‎ -ius (“-y: forming adjectives”) in reference to a prominent figure's nose or hair, from Old Latin *lecinos, from Proto-Indo-European *lewg- (“to bend”) or from the common Etruscan name 𐌋𐌄𐌂𐌍𐌄 (lecne). There are numerous other examples of Latin nomina formed by adjusting the -inus suffix of a cognomen to end with -ius instead. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [lɪˈkɪ.ni.ʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [liˈt͡ʃiː.ni.us] === Proper noun === Licinius m sg (genitive Liciniī or Licinī); second declension a nomen, a Roman family name ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun, singular only. 1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age). ==== Synonyms ==== gens Licinia (in reference to the family as a whole) ==== Derived terms ==== Liciniānus ==== Descendants ==== Italian: Licinio === See also === Gens Licinia on the English Wikipedia === References === “Licinius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Licinius”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. George Davis Chase, "Origin of Roman Praenomina", Harvard Studies in Classical Philology, Vol. 8, 1897, p. 126.