List of masculine Latin nouns of the 1st declension

This is a list of masculine Latin nouns of the First Declension. Such nouns were a rather small percentage of the declension, and often were proper names. Most masculine common nouns of this group, though by no means all, carried a male association in ancient times. Other nouns in this declension were feminine; there were no neuters. It should be noted that the gender of (particularly) a common noun was and remains a grammatical phenomenon, technically independent of the actual [...] of the thing described.

Ordinary nouns of the First Declension most often end in -a in the nominative, and -ae in the genitive. Many exceptions occur when the noun derives from Greek (e.g., nominative-genitive -e, -es or -ae; -es, -ae; and -as, -ae). Included for illustration are Attic Greek words for selected nouns.

A

Common Nouns

• accola, -ae c. (common; m. or f.) resident
• advena, -ae c. stranger
• agricola, -ae m. farmer; also, Gnaeus Julius Agricola, governor of Britain
• agripeta, -ae m. squatter, land-grabber
• alienigena, -ae m. foreigner
• alipta (or aliptes), -ae m. master of a wrestling school (ἀλεἰπτης)
• amnicola, -ae c. any riverside dwelling
• anagnostes, -ae m. reader (ἀναγνὀστης)
• analecta, -ae m. slave who gathered crumbs after a meal (ἀνάλεγω)
• anguigena, -ae m. one born of a snake
• anthias, -ae m. type of sea-fish (ἀνθἰας)
• archipirata, -ae m. chief pirate (ἀρχιπειράτης)
• artopta, -ae m. baker; bread-pan (ἀρτὀπτης)
• athleta, -ae m. athlete (ἀθλἠτης)
• auriga, -ae m. charioteer
• lanista, -ae m. master of a gladiatorial school
• nauta, -ae m. sailor
• pirata, -ae m. pirate
• poeta, -ae m. poet
• tata, -ae m. daddy (used by a child)

Proper Nouns

• Abnoba, -ae m. Abnoba Mountain, a mountain in Ancient Germany
• Acestes, Acestae m. a Sicilian king (Ἀκἐστης)
• Achates, -ae m. The River Dirillo, in Sicily (Ἀχάτης)
• Acmonides, -ae m. Acmonides, a workman of Vulcan (Ἀκμονἰδης)
• Actorides, -ae m. any of several descendants of Actor (Ἀκτορἰδης)
• Aeeta, -ae m. king of Colchis and father of Medea (Ἀιἠτης)
• Aeneas, -ae m. hero of the Aeneid (Ἀινεἰας)
• Aenides, -ae m. any of the sons of Aeneas
• Agamemnonides, -ae m. a descendant of King Agamemnon
• Agrippa, -ae m. the surname Agrippa, especially Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, friend of the emperor Augustus
• Ahala, -ae m. surname of several people, especially Gaius Servilius Ahala, Master of the Horse for the dictator Cincinnatus
• Amisia, -ae m. the River Ems, in Germany
• Amphiaraides, -ae m. another name for Alcmaeon, son of Amphiaraus the seer
• Ampycides, -ae m. a descendant of Ampycus, a singer and priest of Ceres
• Amyntas, -ae m. name of several Macedonian kings, especially Amyntas II of Macedon, father of Philip of Macedon and grandfather of Alexander the Great (Ἀμὐντας)
• Amyntiades, -ae m. another name for Philip of Macedon
• Anas, Anae m. the River Guadiana, in Spain (Ἄνας)
• Anaxagoras, -ae m. a Greek philosopher and teacher of Pericles and Euripides (Ἀναξαγὀρας)
• Anchises, -ae m. father of Aeneas (Ἀνχἰσης)
• Anchisiades, -ae m. descendant of Anchises
• Antiphates, -ae m. guardian of the cannibal Laestrygones (Ἀντιφάτης)
• Antisthenes, -ae m. Greek philosopher, founder of the Cynic school (Ἀντἰσθενης)
• Aonides, -ae m. a Boeotian (Ἀονἰδης)
• Apolloniates, -ae m. a resident of Apollonia
• Appenninicola, -ae c. a resident of the Appennines
• Appenninigena, -ae c. one born in the Appennines
• Arabarches, -ae m. Egyptian tax collector (Ἀραβάρχης)
• Archias, -ae m. Aulus Licinius Archias, a Greek poet of Antioch (Ἄρχιας)
• Arestorides, -ae m. another name for Argus, son of Arestor (Ἀρεστορἰδης)
• Asopiades, -ae m. another name for Aeacus, grandson of Asopus
• Astacides, -ae m. another name for Melanippus
• Athamantiades, -ae m. son of Athamas, king of Thessaly
• Atlantiades, -ae m. another name for Mercury, son of Atlas
• Atrida (or Atrides), -ae m. one of the sons of Atreus, king of Argos and Mycenae; Agamemnon or Menelaus
• Atta, -ae m. Roman surname; especially Titus Quinctius Atta, a poet
• Aurigena, -ae c. one begotten of gold, especially Perseus
• Axona, -ae m. the River Aisne, in Belgian Gaul

B

Common Nouns

• brabeuta, -ae m. a judge or umpire in public games
• bucaeda, -ae m. a person beaten with an ox-hide whip

Proper Nouns

• Bacchiadae, -arum m. pl. a royal family of Corinth who founded Syracuse (Βακχἰαδαι)
• Bagoas, -ae m. a Persian eunuch (Βαγὠας)
• Bagrada, -ae m. a river near Carthage
• Baptae, -arum m. pl. priests of Cotytto, a Thracian goddess (Βαπταἰ)
• Barcas, -ae m. founder of the Barcine family, that of Hannibal and Hamilcar (Βάρκας)
• Bastarnae (Basternae), -arum m. a German people of the lower River Danube
• Battiades, -ae m. a resident of Cyrene, especially the poet Callimachus
• Belgae, -arum m. pl. a Germano-Celtic tribe of northern Gaul
• Bellerophontes, -ae m. killer of the Chimera and rider of Pegasus (Βελλεροφὀντης)
• Belides, -ae m. a male descendant of Belus, a king of Asia and founder of Babylon, father of Danaus and Aegyptus
• Bootes, -ae m. the constellation of the ox-driver (Βοὡτης)
• Boreas, -ae m. the North; the north wind (Βὀρεας)

C

Common Nouns

• cacula, -ae m. a soldier's servant
• caecias, -ae m. a northeast wind (καικἰας)
• cataphractes, -ae m. an iron-scaled breast plate (καταφρακτἠς)
• cerastes, -ae m. a horned snake (κεράστης)
• choraules, -ae m. a male flute player (χοραὐλης)
• citharista, -ae m. a player of the cithara (κιθαριστἠς)
• clepta, -ae m. a thief (κλἐπτης)
• cometes, -ae m. a comet (κομἠτης)
• conchita, -ae m. a mussel-gatherer (κογχἰτης)
• conlega, -ae m. a colleague (esp. in office)
• convenae, -arum c. (plural only) a coming together of strangers
• conviva, -ae m. a guest at table
• coprea, -ae m. a low-class buffoon

Proper Nouns

• Caligula, -ae m. a little boot; used as a nickname for the emperor Gaius
• Caracalla, -ae m. the emperor of the same name; also a form of cape
• Catilina, -ae m. Lucius Sergius Catilinus, conspirator against the Roman Republic
• Cecropides, -ae m. descendant of King Cecrops of Athens; another name for Theseus
• Celtae, -arum m. pl. the Celts of Central Gaul
• Charondas, -ae m. a famous legislator from Catana (Χαρὠνδας)
• Chrysas, -ae m. the River Dittaino in Sicily
• Chryses, -ae m. an Apollonian priest of Chrysa (Χπὐσης)
• Cinga, -ae m. a tributary of the River Iberus in Hispania Tarraconensis; the River Cinca
• Cinna, -ae m. a Roman cognomen, especially of Lucius Cornelius Cinna, colleague of Marius, or his son of the same name, who murdered Julius Caesar
• Cinyras, -ae m. a mythical king of Cyprus, father of Myrrha and grandfather of Adonis (Κινὐπας)
• Clinias, -ae m. Cleinias, the father of Alcibiades (Κλεινἰας)
• Cliniades, -ae m. a patronymic for Alcibiades (see above)
• Columella, -ae m. a Roman cognomen, espcially of Lucius Junius Columella, a writer on farming
• Cotta, -ae m. a cognomen of a family of the gens Aurelia
• Crotoniates, -ae m. an inhabitant of Croton(a), Italy (Κροτωνιἀτης)
• Crotopiades, -ae m. the poet Linus, maternal grandson of Crotopus, king of Argos (Κροτωπιἀδης)

D

Common Nouns

• danista, -ae m. a moneylender (δανειστἠς)
• dioecetes, -ae m. a revenue official, treasurer (διοικητἠς)
• draconigena, -ae c. someone born of a dragon (δρακοντογενἠς)
• drapeta, -ae m. a runaway slave (δπαπἐτης)

Proper Nouns

• Dalmatae, -arum m. pl. the Dalmatians, residents of Dalmatia (Δαλμἀται)
• Dolabella, -ae m. a family name of the gens Cornelia; esp. Publius Cornelius Dolabella, son-in-law of Cicero

E

Common Nouns

• etesiae, -arum m. pl. the northerly Etesian winds, which blew intermittently May-September (ετησἰαι)

Proper Nouns

• Eleates, -ae m. another name for Zeno, co-founder of the Eleatic school of philosophy
• Eumolpidae, -arum m. pl. descendants of Eumolpus, mythological priest of Demeter, founder of the Eleusinian mysteries, and son of Poseidon and Chione (Εὐμολπἰδαι)

F

Common Nouns

• faeniseca, -ae m. a resident of the countryside
• fratricida, -ae m. a fratricide, one who kills a brother

Proper Nouns
(none)

G

Common Nouns

• geometres, -ae m. a geometer (γεωμἐτπης)
• grammatista, -ae m. a grammarian or teacher of grammar (γραμματιστἠς)
• gumia, -ae m. a glutton

Proper Nouns

• Galatae, -arum m. pl. the Galatians, a people of Asia Minor
• Galba, -ae m. a Roman cognomen, especially of Servius Sulpicius Galba, Roman emperor 68-69 AD
• Gangaridae, -arum or -um m. pl. a people of India who lived by the Ganges River
• Geta, -ae, m.; more commonly Getes, -ae or (esp.) Getae, -arum in the second sense; m. (1) Publius Septimius Geta, a joint emperor of Rome with Caracalla; also, (2) a Thracian people living near the Danube (Γἐται)
• Gorgias, -ae m. a Greek sophist of Leontini in the time of Socrates; also, a rhetorician of Athens in Cicero's time (Ροργἰας)
• Graiugena, -ae m. a native-born Greek
• Gyas, -ae m. a companion of Aeneas (Γὐης)
• Gyges, -ae m. a king of Lydia (Γὐγης)

H

Common Nouns

• halophanta, -ae m. a scoundrel (ὰλοφἁωτης)
• heuretes, -ae m. an inventor (εὺπετἠς)
• hibrida (hybrida), -ae c. a hybrid animal
• hippotoxota, -ae m. a mounted archer (Ὶπποτοξὀτης)
• homicida, -ae c. a [...] of either [...]

Proper Nouns

• Heraclides, -ae m. a Greek philosopher and student of Plato (Ὴρακλεἰδης)
• Hermes or Herma, -ae m. the Greek messenger God, identified with the Roman Mercury (Ὴρμῆς)
• Hilotae (Ilotae), -arum m. the Helots, slaves of the Spartans (Εἱλῶται)
• Hippias, -ae m. (1) son of Pisistratus, a tyrant of Athens (2) a sophist of Elis (Ὶππἰας)
• Hippomenes, -ae m. son of Megareus and husband of Atalanta, who won her hand by beating her in a footrace (2) a man of Athens, father of Limone (Ὶππομἑωης)
• Hippotades, -ae m. another name for Aeolus, who was the grandson of Hippotes (Ὶπποτἀδης)

I

Common Nouns

• ignigena, -ae m. one born of fire (used of Bacchus)
• incola, -ae c. a native inhabitant

Proper Nouns

• Ianigena, -ae c. a child of Janus
• Iarbas (Iarba), -ae m. a king in Africa and rival of Aeneas
• Iliades, -ae m. son of Rhea Silvia, who was also known as Ilia; Romulus or Remus
• Iuba, -ae m. either of two Numidian kings
• Iugurtha, -ae m. a king of Numidia, who was defeated by Marius in 106 BC
• Iura, -ae m. a mountain chain in the northwest of modern Switzerland

J

(was written as I in Roman script; q.v.)

K

(none)

Q

(none)

U

Common Nouns

• umbraticola, -ae m. a lounger in the shade

Proper Nouns
(none)

X

Common Nouns

• xiphias, -ae m. the swordfish (ξιφἰας)

Proper Nouns
(none)

Y

(none; was a later addition to Latin to represent the Greek upsilon)

Z

(none)

External links

• Cassell's Latin Dictionary (5th edition, 1968)