Gentius

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Illyrian, compare Ancient Greek Γένθιος (Génthios), Γέντιος (Géntios). Ultimately possibly from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- (“to produce”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɡɛn.ti.ʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈd͡ʒɛn.t͡si.us]

Proper noun

Gentius m sg (genitive Gentiī or Gentī); second declension

1. a male given name, the last Illyrian king
   • 27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita 44.23.1:

     Perseus quod iam inchoatum perficere, quia inpensa pecuniae facienda erat, non inducebat in animum, ut Gentium Illyriorum regem sibi adiungeret

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Gentius
genitive	Gentiī Gentī1
dative	Gentiō
accusative	Gentium
ablative	Gentiō
vocative	Gentī

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

Derived terms

• ^? gentiāna

Descendants

• → Albanian: Gent, Genc
• → Italian: Genzio

References

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

Further reading

• Gentius on Wikipedia.Wikipedia