Vindicius

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /u̯inˈdi.ki.us/, [u̯ɪn̪ˈd̪ɪkiʊs̠]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /vinˈdi.t͡ʃi.us/, [vin̪ˈd̪iːt͡ʃius]

Proper noun

Vindicius m sg (genitive Vindiciī or Vindicī); second declension

  1. the name of the slave who discovered the conspiracy to restore the Tarquins

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Vindicius
Genitive Vindiciī
Vindicī1
Dative Vindiciō
Accusative Vindicium
Ablative Vindiciō
Vocative Vindicī

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

References

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