benemorius
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Only attested once in Petronius’ Satyricon. Derived from bene (“well”) + mōs (“manner, behavior”, oblique stem: mōr-) + -ius.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /be.neˈmoː.ri.us/, [bɛnɛˈmoːriʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /be.neˈmo.ri.us/, [beneˈmɔːrius]
Adjective[edit]
benemōrius (feminine benemōria, neuter benemōrium); first/second-declension adjective
- (hapax) good-natured; well-mannered
- c. 27 CE – 66 CE, Petronius, Satyricon 61:
- Cum adhuc servirem, habitabamus in vico angusto; nunc Gavillae domus est. Ibi, quomodo dii volunt, amare coepi uxorem Terentii coponis: noveratis Melissam Tarentinam, pulcherrimum bacciballum. Sed ego non mehercules corporaliter aut propter res venerias curavi, sed magis quod benemoria fuit.
Declension[edit]
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | benemōrius | benemōria | benemōrium | benemōriī | benemōriae | benemōria | |
| Genitive | benemōriī | benemōriae | benemōriī | benemōriōrum | benemōriārum | benemōriōrum | |
| Dative | benemōriō | benemōriō | benemōriīs | ||||
| Accusative | benemōrium | benemōriam | benemōrium | benemōriōs | benemōriās | benemōria | |
| Ablative | benemōriō | benemōriā | benemōriō | benemōriīs | |||
| Vocative | benemōrie | benemōria | benemōrium | benemōriī | benemōriae | benemōria | |