Petronius

English

Proper noun

Petronius

1. A male given name of historical usage, notably borne by a Roman courtier during the reign of Nero and the patron saint of Bologna

Translations

historical given name

• Italian: Petronio (it) m
• Portuguese: Petrónio m (Portugal), Petrônio m (Brazil)

Anagrams

• eruptions, pertusion, pseurotin

Latin

Etymology

Maybe from Etruscan.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /peˈtroː.ni.us/, [pɛˈt̪roːniʊs̠] or IPA^(key): /petˈroː.ni.us/, [pɛt̪ˈroːniʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /peˈtro.ni.us/, [peˈt̪rɔːnius] or IPA^(key): /petˈro.ni.us/, [pet̪ˈrɔːnius]

Proper noun

Petrōnius m sg (genitive Petrōniī or Petrōnī); second declension

1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
   1. Gaius Petronius Arbiter, a Roman courtier

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Petrōnius
Genitive	Petrōniī Petrōnī1
Dative	Petrōniō
Accusative	Petrōnium
Ablative	Petrōniō
Vocative	Petrōnī

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

Derived terms

• Petronia
• Petrōniānus

Adjective

Petrōnius (feminine Petrōnia, neuter Petrōnium); first/second-declension adjective

1. of or pertaining to the gens Petronia.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	Petrōnius	Petrōnia	Petrōnium		Petrōniī	Petrōniae	Petrōnia
Genitive	Petrōniī	Petrōniae	Petrōniī		Petrōniōrum	Petrōniārum	Petrōniōrum
Dative	Petrōniō		Petrōniō		Petrōniīs
Accusative	Petrōnium	Petrōniam	Petrōnium		Petrōniōs	Petrōniās	Petrōnia
Ablative	Petrōniō	Petrōniā	Petrōniō		Petrōniīs
Vocative	Petrōnie	Petrōnia	Petrōnium		Petrōniī	Petrōniae	Petrōnia

References

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