Postumius

== Latin == === Etymology === From postumus. As a praenomen, it originally referred to children whose father died before they were born and were thus posthumous. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [pɔsˈtʊ.mi.ʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [posˈtuː.mi.us] === Proper noun === Postumius m sg (genitive Postumiī or Postumī); second declension a Roman praenomen or nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by: Aulus Postumius Tubertus, a Roman military leader ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun, singular only. 1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age). ==== Derived terms ==== Postumia Postumiānus ==== See also ==== === Adjective === Postumius (feminine Postumia, neuter Postumium); first/second-declension adjective of or pertaining to the gens Postumia. ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. === References === “Postumius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Postumius”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.