Opiternius

== Latin == === Etymology === From the ancient nomen Opiter. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɔ.piːˈtɛr.ni.ʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [o.piˈtɛr.ni.us] === Proper noun === Opīternius m sg (genitive Opīterniī or Opīternī); second declension a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name", famously held by: Lucius Opiternius, a Roman priest of Bacchus ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun, singular only. 1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age). === References === “Opiternius”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.