Anicius

From the gens Anicia, Anicii, of uncertain origin but likely Italic.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /aˈni.ki.us/, [äˈnɪkiʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈni.t͡ʃi.us/, [äˈniːt͡ʃius]

Anicius m sg (genitive Aniciī or Anicī); second declension

1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
   1. Pontius Meropius Anicius Paulinus, a Roman poet and senator

Second-declension noun, singular only.

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

• Anicia
• Aniciānus

• Anicius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Chase, George Davis (1897): The Origin of Roman Praenomina