Lactantius
Latin
Alternative forms
- Lact. (abbreviation)
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /lakˈtan.ti.us/, [ɫakˈtan.ti.ʊs]
Proper noun
Lactantius m (genitive Lactantiī); second declension
- A masculine cognomen — famously held by:
- Lucius Caecilius Firmianus Lactantius (circa AD 250–325), a celebrated father of the Church, famous for the purity of his Latin style, and sometimes called the Christian Cicero
Declension
Second declension.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Lactantius |
| Genitive | Lactantiī |
| Dative | Lactantiō |
| Accusative | Lactantium |
| Ablative | Lactantiō |
| Vocative | Lactantī |
Descendants
- French: Lactance
References
- Lactantĭus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Lactantĭus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette, page 881/1
Further reading
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