Macrinus

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ḱ-

Proto-Indo-European *-rós

Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱrós

Proto-Italic *makros

Latin macer

Proto-Indo-European *-nós

Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos

Proto-Italic *-īnos

Latin -īnus

Latin Macrīnus

From macer + -īnus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [maˈkriː.nʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [maˈkriː.nus]

Proper noun

Macrīnus m sg (genitive Macrīnī); second declension

1. A Roman cognomen — famously held by:
   1. Macrinus, a Roman emperor

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Macrīnus
genitive	Macrīnī
dative	Macrīnō
accusative	Macrīnum
ablative	Macrīnō
vocative	Macrīne

References

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