Roscius

Latin

Etymology

Likely from rōscidus (“dewy, moist”), from rōs (“dew, moisture”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈros.ki.us/, [ˈrɔs̠kiʊs̠]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈroʃ.ʃi.us/, [ˈrɔʃːius]

Proper noun

Roscius m sg (genitive Rosciī or Roscī); second declension

a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
1. Lucius Roscius Fabatus, a Roman politician
2. Lucius Roscius Otho, a Roman tribune

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Roscius
Genitive	Rosciī Roscī¹
Dative	Rosciō
Accusative	Roscium
Ablative	Rosciō
Vocative	Roscī

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Derived terms

Roscia
Rosciānus

References

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

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