Antonius

English

Etymology

From Latin Antōnius.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ænˈtəʊni.əs/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ænˈtoʊni.əs/

Proper noun

Antonius

1. a Roman nomen gentilicium

   Marcus Antonius

Translations

a Roman nomen gentile

• Armenian: Անտոնիոս (Antonios)
• French: Antoine (fr) m
• German: Antonius (de)
• Latin: Antonius
• Portuguese: António (pt) m (Portugal), Antônio (pt) m (Brazil)
• Russian: Анто́ний (ru) (Antónij)

Anagrams

• Antinous, Utonians

Latin

Etymology

Mārcus Antōnius claimed gens descent from Ἄντων (Ántōn), a son of Heracles, but the gens is probably Etruscan in origin.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /anˈtoː.ni.us/, [än̪ˈt̪oːniʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /anˈto.ni.us/, [än̪ˈt̪ɔːnius]

Proper noun

Antōnius m (genitive Antōniī or Antōnī); second declension

1. The name of a Roman gens, a "family name".

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	Antōnius	Antōniī
genitive	Antōniī Antōnī1	Antōniōrum
dative	Antōniō	Antōniīs
accusative	Antōnium	Antōniōs
ablative	Antōniō	Antōniīs
vocative	Antōnī	Antōniī

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

Descendants

• → Albanian: Ndue
• → Basque: Andoni, Antton
• → Bulgarian: Анто́н (Antón)
• → Catalan: Antoni
• → Dutch: Antoon, Anton, Toon, Ton
• → English: Anthony, Antony, Tony
• → French: Antoine
• → Galician: Antón
• → Ancient Greek: Ἀντώνιος (Antṓnios)
  • Greek: Αντώνιος (Antónios), Αντώνης (Antónis)
• → Icelandic: Anton
• → Irish: Antóin
• → Italian: Antonio, Tonio, Toni
• → Hungarian: Antal
• → Manx: Anthoin, Antoin
• → Occitan: Antòni
• → Portuguese: António, Antônio, Antão
• → Romanian: Antoniu, Înton
• → Russian: Анто́н (Antón)
• → Sicilian: Ntoniu
• → Spanish: Antonio, Antón

References

• “Antonius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Antonius”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Antonius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.