Plautius

Latin

Alternative forms

Plōtius

Etymology

From Plautus (“agnomen & cognomen”) +‎ -ius (“-y: forming adjectives”) or directly from plautus (“flat-footed; flap-eared”) +‎ -ius. Compare Laevus & Laevius and Plancus & Plancius.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈplau̯.ti.us/, [ˈpɫ̪äu̯t̪iʊs̠]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈplau̯t.t͡si.us/, [ˈpläu̯t̪ː͡s̪ius]

Proper noun

Plautius m sg (genitive Plautiī or Plautī); second declension

a nomen (nomen gentile), a Roman family name
Marcus Plautius Silvanus

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Plautius
Genitive	Plautiī Plautī¹
Dative	Plautiō
Accusative	Plautium
Ablative	Plautiō
Vocative	Plautī

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

Derived terms

Plautiānus

References

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

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