Chrysonicus

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /kʰryː.soˈniː.kus/, [kʰryːs̠ɔˈniːkʊs̠]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kri.soˈni.kus/, [kris̬oˈniːkus]

Proper noun

Chrȳsonīcus m sg (genitive Chrȳsonīcī); second declension

A masculine cognomen
- 251 CE – 300 CE, CIL VI 01424 :
  Aurelia Soteris et Mussius Chrysonicus nutritores lactanei

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	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

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