Gnaeusとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

Probably the same word as naevus (“birthmark, mole”), as first proposed by Festus and commonly accepted by modern scholars. Chase cites the archaic spelling Gnaivos in support of this explanation.

発音

• (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈnae̯.us/, [ˈnäe̯ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈɲe.us/, [ˈɲɛːus]

固有名詞

Gnaeus m (genitive Gnaeī); second declension

1. A masculine praenomen.

使用する際の注意点

• 1876, "C" in the Encyclopædia Britannica, 9th ed., Vol. IV, page 616:

  The symbol [C] retained its old value [/g/] only when as the initial letter it represented the names Gaius and Gnæus, which, in consequence, are often erroneously written and sounded Caius and Cnæus.

語形変化

Second-declension noun.

派生した語

• → Etruscan: 𐌂𐌍𐌄𐌅𐌄 (cneve), 𐌂𐌍𐌄𐌉𐌄𐌔 (cneies)
• Old Church Slavonic: Гнѣи (Gněi)
• German: Gnaeus, Gnäus
• Ancient Greek: Γναίος (Gnaíos), Γναῖος (Gnaîos), Γνάιος (Gnáios)
• Italian: Gneo
• Portuguese: Gneu
• Russian: Гней (Gnej)

参照

Further reading

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