Roscius

== Latin == === Etymology === Likely from rōscidus (“dewy, moist”), from rōs (“dew, moisture”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈroːs.ki.ʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈrɔʃ.ʃi.us] === Proper noun === Rōscius m sg (genitive Rōsciī or Rōscī); second declension a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by: Lucius Roscius Fabatus, a Roman politician Lucius Roscius Otho, a Roman tribune ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun, singular only. 1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age). ==== Derived terms ==== Roscia Rosciānus === References === “Roscius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Roscius”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.