Chrysonicus

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Χρῡσόνῑκος (Khrūsónīkos), from a compound of χρῡσός (khrūsós, “gold”) +‎ νῑ́κη (nī́kē, “victory”) +‎ -ος (-os). Only attested directly in inscriptions, and attested indirectly in the word Thēsaurochrȳsonīcochrȳsidēs.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kʰryː.soˈniː.kus/, [kʰryːs̠ɔˈniːkʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kri.soˈni.kus/, [kris̬oˈniːkus]

Proper noun

Chrȳsonīcus m sg (genitive Chrȳsonīcī); second declension

1. A masculine cognomen
   • 251 CE – 300 CE, CIL VI 01424 :

     Aurelia Soteris et Mussius Chrysonicus nutritores lactanei

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Chrȳsonīcus
genitive	Chrȳsonīcī
dative	Chrȳsonīcō
accusative	Chrȳsonīcum
ablative	Chrȳsonīcō
vocative	Chrȳsonīce

References

• “Chrȳsonīcus” in volume 2, column 424, line 80 in the Thesaurus Linguae Latinae (TLL Open Access), Berlin (formerly Leipzig): De Gruyter (formerly Teubner), 1900–present