"Plinius" meaning in All languages combined

See Plinius on Wiktionary

Proper name [German]

Audio: De-Plinius.ogg
Head templates: {{head|de|proper noun}} Plinius
  1. Pliny Derived forms: Plinius der Ältere (english: Pliny the Elder), Plinius der Jüngere (english: Pliny the Younger)
    Sense id: en-Plinius-de-name-Zz7ISdpe Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries

Proper name [Latin]

IPA: /ˈpliː.ni.us/ [Classical-Latin], [ˈplʲiːniʊs] [Classical-Latin], /ˈpli.ni.us/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [ˈpliːnius] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From the Roman gens Plinia, an Italic name of obscure origin; possibly from the Insubric (Gaulish) root Plina through rhotacism from prina, or from a north Italic word for “bald”. Etymology templates: {{der|la|itc|-}} Italic, {{der|la|cel-gau|-}} Gaulish Head templates: {{la-proper noun|Plīnius<2>}} Plīnius m sg (genitive Plīniī or Plīnī); second declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|Plīnius<2>}} Forms: Plīnius [canonical, masculine, singular], Plīniī [genitive], Plīnī [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], Plīnius [nominative, singular], Plīniī [genitive, singular], Plīnī [genitive, singular], Plīniō [dative, singular], Plīnium [accusative, singular], Plīniō [ablative, singular], Plīnī [singular, vocative]
  1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name", famously held by: Tags: declension-2
    Sense id: en-Plinius-la-name-4ABQGh0D Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin masculine nouns in the second declension, Latin nomina gentilia Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the second declension: 50 50 Disambiguation of Latin nomina gentilia: 50 50
  2. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name", famously held by:
    Gaius Plinius Secundus, Pliny the Elder
    Tags: declension-2 Derived forms: Plīnia, Plīniānus
    Sense id: en-Plinius-la-name-HJgsy8GV Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin masculine nouns in the second declension, Latin nomina gentilia, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the second declension: 50 50 Disambiguation of Latin nomina gentilia: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 38 62 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 34 66

Proper name [Middle Dutch]

Etymology: Borrowed from Latin Plīnius. Etymology templates: {{bor|dum|la|Plīnius}} Latin Plīnius Head templates: {{head|dum|proper noun|g=m}} Plinius m
  1. Pliny the Elder Tags: masculine
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