• Licinnius

Uncertain. Possibly fromLicinus orlicinus(“turned up,turned back”) +‎-ius(“-y:formingadjectives”) in reference to a prominent figure's nose or hair, fromOld Latin*lecinos, fromProto-Indo-European*lewg-(“to bend”) or from the commonEtruscan name𐌋𐌄𐌂𐌍𐌄(lecne). There are numerous other examples of Latin nomina formed by adjusting the-inus suffix of acognomen to end with-ius instead.

• (Classical Latin)IPA^(key): [lɪˈkɪ.ni.ʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)IPA^(key): [liˈt͡ʃiː.ni.us]

Licinius m sg (genitiveLiciniīorLicinī);second declension

1. anomen, aRomanfamily name

   MarcusLicinius Crassus

    

Second-declension noun, singular only.

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

• gensLicinia(in reference to the family as a whole)

• Liciniānus

• Italian:Licinio

• Gens Licinia on theEnglish Wikipedia

• “Licinius”, inCharlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879),A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Licinius”, inGaffiot, Félix (1934),Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• George Davis Chase, "Origin of Roman Praenomina",Harvard Studies in Classical Philology, Vol. 8, 1897, p. 126.

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