Pescennius

== Latin == === Etymology === Probably from Oscan. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [pɛsˈkɛn.ni.ʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [peʃˈʃɛn.ni.us] === Proper noun === Pescennius m sg (genitive Pescenniī or Pescennī); second declension a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by: Pescennius Niger, a Roman emperor ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun, singular only. 1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age). ==== Derived terms ==== Pescennia Pescenniānus === References === “Pescennius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Pescennius”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.