Surdinius

== Latin == === Etymology === From Surdīnus (“a Roman cognomen”) + -ius. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [sʊrˈdiː.ni.ʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [surˈdiː.ni.us] === Proper noun === Surdīnius m sg (genitive Surdīniī or Surdīnī); second declension a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by: Surdinius Gallus, a Roman senator ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun, singular only. 1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age). === References === “Surdinius Gallus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray