Quintilianus
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kʷiːn.tɪ.liˈaː.nʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [kʷin̪.t̪i.liˈaː.nus]
Etymology
From Quīntilius (“Quin(c)tilius”) + -ānus (“of or pertaining to”, adjective-forming suffix).
Adjective
Quīntiliānus (feminine Quīntiliāna, neuter Quīntiliānum); first/second-declension adjective
- Of or pertaining to Quintilius, Quintilian
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | Quīntiliānus | Quīntiliāna | Quīntiliānum | Quīntiliānī | Quīntiliānae | Quīntiliāna | |
| genitive | Quīntiliānī | Quīntiliānae | Quīntiliānī | Quīntiliānōrum | Quīntiliānārum | Quīntiliānōrum | |
| dative | Quīntiliānō | Quīntiliānae | Quīntiliānō | Quīntiliānīs | |||
| accusative | Quīntiliānum | Quīntiliānam | Quīntiliānum | Quīntiliānōs | Quīntiliānās | Quīntiliāna | |
| ablative | Quīntiliānō | Quīntiliānā | Quīntiliānō | Quīntiliānīs | |||
| vocative | Quīntiliāne | Quīntiliāna | Quīntiliānum | Quīntiliānī | Quīntiliānae | Quīntiliāna | |
Proper noun
Quīntiliānus m (genitive Quīntiliānī); second declension
- a Roman cognomen famously held by:
- Quintilian (Mārcus Fabius Quīntiliānus) (c. 35– c. 100), Roman rhetorician
- an ancient Greek name famously held by:
- Aristides Quintilianus (Ἀριστείδης Κοϊντιλιανός), Greek writer
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Quīntiliānus | Quīntiliānī |
| genitive | Quīntiliānī | Quīntiliānōrum |
| dative | Quīntiliānō | Quīntiliānīs |
| accusative | Quīntiliānum | Quīntiliānōs |
| ablative | Quīntiliānō | Quīntiliānīs |
| vocative | Quīntiliāne | Quīntiliānī |
References
- “Quintilianus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Quintilianus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Quintilianus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers