Safinius

== Latin == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [saˈfɪ.ni.ʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [saˈfiː.ni.us] === Proper noun === Safinius m sg (genitive Safiniī or Safinī); second declension a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by: Safinius Atella, a Roman man mentioned by Cicero ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun, singular only. 1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age). === References === “Safinius Atella”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray