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The geminate-tt-might have been established to compensate the fluctuating quality of succeeding -u-between non-syllabic glide and full vowel apparent since Old Latin; in the postclassical form quattor this sound is dropped altogether, and in most Romance languages the second syllable is subject to syncope, which then is compensated by an ...
The nomen Tertius is derived from the Latin for "third", which was used as a cognomen from the earliest period of Roman history. While it may anciently have been a praenomen corresponding with similar masculine names, such as Quintus, Sextus, and Decimus, only the feminine form, Tertia, appears to have been in use during the Republic, and only in imperial times does the masculine form appear ...
Decimus (/ ˈ d ɛ s ɪ m ə s / DESS-im-əs, Classical Latin: [ˈdɛkɪmʊs]), very rarely feminine Decima, is a Latin praenomen, or personal name, usually abbreviated D. Although never especially common, Decimus was used throughout Roman history from the earliest times to the end of the Western Empire and beyond, surviving into modern times ...
Decimus Terentius Gentianus was a Roman senator of the 2nd century AD who held a number of offices in the imperial service, serving as suffect consul in 116 with Lucius Co[...] as his colleague. [1] His origins may be in Gallia Narbonensis , and Gentianus may have been the son of Decimus Terentius Scaurianus , one of Trajan 's generals.
In the later empire, the proliferation of cognomina was such that the full nomenclature of most individuals was not recorded, and in many cases the only names surviving in extant records are cognomina. [2] By the sixth century, traditional Roman cognomina were frequently prefixed by a series of names with Christian religious significance.
Decimus Terentius Scaurianus was a Roman senator and general active in the late 1st and early 2nd centuries AD. He was suffect consul in either the year 102 or 104. [ 1 ] He worked his way up through increasingly responsible positions.
The Venice edition of the Epitome is incomplete, the full text having been first published by Christoph Matthäus Pfaff [de; fr; it] in Paris in 1712. [185] [186] 1472 [187] [188] Catullus, Carmina [187] Vindelinus de Spira [187] [189] Venice [187] [188] The three poets were all published together for the first time in a quarto volume.
The name is derived from semis, "half" and tertius, "third", in which "third" refers to the third as: the sestertius was worth two full asses and half of a third. English-language sources routinely use the original Latin form sestertius , plural sestertii ; but older literature frequently uses sesterce , plural sesterces , terce being the ...