Aurunculeius

Latin

Etymology

Auruncī (“name of an Italic tribe”) +‎ -ulēius.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /au̯.run.kuˈleː.i.us/, [äu̯rʊŋkʊˈɫ̪eːiʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /au̯.run.kuˈle.i.us/, [äu̯ruŋkuˈlɛːius]

Proper noun

Aurunculēius m sg (genitive Aurunculēiī or Aurunculēī); second declension

1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
   1. Lucius Aurunculeius Cotta, a Roman soldier

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Aurunculēius
Genitive	Aurunculēiī Aurunculēī1
Dative	Aurunculēiō
Accusative	Aurunculēium
Ablative	Aurunculēiō
Vocative	Aurunculēī

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

References

• “Aurunculeius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Aurunculeius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.