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Lactantius
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Latin
Alternative forms
la Lact. abbreviation
Etymology
la Lactantius :af<ref:Kajanto Iiro 1966 Supernomina: A Study in Latin Epigraphy Societas Scientiarum Fennica 56–57> lactāns<t:suckling> -ius + 1
Pronunciation
Lactantius
Proper noun
Lactantius<2> Lactantī
A masculine en cognomen — famously held by:
Lucius Caecilius Firmianus Lactantius (circa AD 250–325), a celebrated father of the Church, famous for the purity of his Latin style, and sometimes called the Christian en Cicero
Declension
Lactantius<2> Lactantī
Descendants
fr Lactance
References
Lactantĭus
Lactantĭus 881/1
Further reading
Lucius Caecilius Firmianus Lactantius la
la cognomina