Comenius

Comenius

Latin

Etymology

    From Czech Komenský + Latin -ius.

    Pronunciation

    Proper noun

    Comenius m sg (genitive Comeniī or Comenī); second declension

    1. (New Latin) a surname from Czech — famously held by:
      1. Jan Amos Komenský (1592–1670), Czech philosopher, pedagogue and theologian.

    Declension

    Second-declension noun, singular only.

    singular
    nominative Comenius
    genitive Comeniī
    Comenī1
    dative Comeniō
    accusative Comenium
    ablative Comeniō
    vocative Comenī

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