Reginus
Ray-gee-nuss (the “of a queen” g as in “get”)
Rex
Rayx “king”
Rufinus
Roo-fee-nuss “of a red-haired family”
Rufus
Roo-fuss (fuss as in “puss”) “red-haired”
Ruso
Roo-soh “a country bumpkin”
Saturninus
Sah-tur-nee-nuss “of Saturn”
Scaevola
Skye-voh-lah “left-handed”
Scaurus
Skow-russ (show as in “cow”) “puffy feet” or “dropsical”
Scipio
Skee-pee-oh “a ceremonial rod”
Serranus
Se-rah-nuss (se as in “set”) “of a saw” or “serrated”
Sesquiculus
Say-skwee-koo-luss “an arsehole and a half”
Siculus
See-koo-luss “of Sicily”
Silanus
See-lah-nuss “ugly puggy face”
Silo
See-loh “snub-nosed”
Stichus
Stick-uss (stick as in “kick”) slave’s name (Greek)
Strabo
Stray-boh (Latin, Strah-boh) “cross-eyed”
Sulla
Soo-lah unknown
Tubero
Too-bear-oh “hump” or “morally bad”
Varro
Vah-roh “bandy-legged”
Vatia
Vah-tee-ah “knock-kneed”
Verrucosis
Ve-roo-koh-sus (ve as in “vet”) “covered in warts”
Vopiscus
Voh-piss-kuss “survivor of twins”
PRONUNCIATION GUIDE TO OTHER NAMES AND TERMS
Because the guide to pronunciation of male names should familiarize the reader with general Latin pronunciation, the list which follows is considerably abbreviated.
Achaeans
Ah-kye-ans
Achilles
Ah-kill-ees
Adherbal
Ahd-her-bahl
aedile
eye-deel (English, ee-dyel or ay-dyel)
Aedui
Eye-doo-ee
Aeneas
Eye-nay-ahs (English, An-ee-ass or Ay-nee-ass)
Aeschylus
Eye-skee-luss (English, Ee-skee-luss)
ager publicus
ah-ger (the g as in “got”) pub-lee-kuss
Agger
Ag-er (ag as in “hag”)
Allobroges
Al-oh-broh-gays (at as in “pal”)
Ambrones
Am-broh-nays (am as in “ham’’)
Amor
Ah-mor
Anopaea
Ah-noh-pye-ah
Antigone
Ant-ig-oh-nay (ant as in “pant”—ig as in “pig”)
Apulia
Ah-poo-lee-ah
aqua
ah-kwah
Aquae Sextiae
Ah-kwye Sex-tee-eye
Arausio
Ah-row-see-oh (row as in “cow”)
Ariadne
Ah-ree-ahd-nay
Aricia
Ah-rick-ee-ah (rick as in “kick”)
Arpinum
Ar-pee-noom (oom is “short”—like the u in “puss”)
Atuatuci
Ah-too-ah-too-kee
auctoritas
owk-tor-ee-tahss (ow as in “cow”)
augur
ow-goor (ow as in “cow”—the g as in “good”)
Aurelia
Ow-ray-lee-ah (English, Awe- ree-lee-ah)
Baetis
Bye-tiss
Baiae
Bye-eye
Berenice
Bear-en-ee-kay (English, Bear-en-eye-kee)
biga
bee-gah
Bithynia
Bith-in-ee-ah (bith as in “pith”)
Boii
Boy-ee
Boiohaemum
Boy-oh-hye-moom (oo sounded like the u in “put”)
Boiorix
Boy-or-ix
Bomilcar
Bom-ill-kar (bom as in “torn”)
Bona Dea
Boh-nah Day-ah
boni
bonny (as in Scots “bonny”)
Brundisium
Broon-dis-ee-oom (dis as in “this”)
Burdigala
Boor-dee-gah-lah (boor as in “poor”)
Caelian
Kye-lee-ahn
Campania
Kam-pah-nee-ah (kam as in “ham”)
campus
kam-puss (same then as now)
Capena
Kap-ay-nah (kap as in “tap”)
capite censi
kap-it-ayken-see(ken as n “ten”)
Capua
Kap-oo-ah (oo as in “too”)
career
kar-ker
Carinae
Ka-reen-eye (ka as in “can”)
Celt
Kelt (as in “spelt”)
Cercina
Ker-kee-nah (ker as in “her”)
Charybdis
Kah-rib-dis (rib as in “crib”)
Cherusci
Ker-oos-kee
Cilicia
Kill-ick-ee-ah (English, Sill-ish-ah)
Cimbri
Kim-bree (kirn as in “him”)
Circei
Ker-kay-ee
cloaca
kloh-ah-kah (kloh as in “so”)
confarreatio
kon-fah-ray-ah-tee-oh
consultant
kon-sool-toom
contio
kon-tee-oh
corona
kor-oh-nah
cottabus
kot-ah-buss (kot-as in “pot”)
Croesus
Kree-suss
culibonia
kool-ee-bon-ee-ah (bon as in “upon”)
Cumae
Koo-mye
cunnus
koo-nuss
curia
koo-ree-ah
cursus honorunt
koor-suss hon-or-oom (hon as in “upon”)
curule
koo-rool
Danae
Dan-ah-ay (dan as in “can”)
dignitas
deen-yee-tahss (sibilant ending)
domus
dom-uss (dom as in “torn”)
Druentia
Droo-en-tee-ah
Epaphroditus
Ep-ah-froh-dee-tuss (English, Ep-afroh-dye-tuss)
Euxine
Erx-een (English, Yewx-een)
fasces
fass-kays (fass as in “lass”)
fasti
fah-stee
Fauces Suburae
Fow-kays (fow as in “cow”) Soo-boo-rye
Felix
Fay-licks
fellator
fell-ah-tor (fell as in “sell”)
flamen
flah-men (men as in “ten”)
flamen Dialis
flah-men Dee-ah-lis
flumen
floo-men (floo as in “too”)
Fortuna
For-too-nah
forum
for-oom
Forum Boarium
Boh-ah-ree-oom
Forum Frumentarium
Froo-men-tah-ree-oom
Forum Holitorium
Hol-it-or-ee-oom (hoi as in “doll”)
Forum Piscinum
Piss-kee-noom
Forum Romanum
Roh-mah-noom
Gades
Gah-days
Gaetuli
Gye-too-lee
Gallia
Gal-ee-ah (gal as in “pal”)
Gallia Comata
Com-ah-tah (com as in “torn”)
garum
ga-room (ga as in “gap”)
Garumna
Gah-room-nah
Gauda
Gow-dah (gow as in “cow”)
gens
gens (the
g as in “get”—word rhymes with “hens”)
Germalus
Ger-mah-luss (the g as in “get”—ger as in “her”)
Germani
Ger-mah-nee (the g as in “get”—ger as in “her”)
Getorix
Gay-tor-ix (ix as in “six”)
Halicyae
Hal-ee-kee-eye (hal as in “pal”)
Hiempsal
Hee-emp-sal
Hispania
Hiss-pah-nee-ah
Hispania Citerior
Kit-er-ee-or (kit as in “sit”)
Hispania Ulterior
Ool-ter-ee-or
hubris
hoo-briss
lampsas
Yamp-sahss (yamp as in “lamp”)
lamus
Yah-muss
Icosium
Ee-koh-see-oom
Illyricum
Ill-ir-ee-coom (ir as in “stirrup”)
imagines
im-ah-gee-nays (the g as in “gear”)
imago
im-ah-goh (im as in “him”)
imperator
im-pair-ah-tor
imperium
im-pair-ee-oom (English, im-peer-ee-oom)
insula
in-soo-lah
lol
Yol (as in “doll”)
Irrumator
irr-oo-mah-tor (irr as in “stir-rup”)
iugera
yew-gair-ah
iugerum
yew-gair-oom (yew as in “few”)
Juba
Joo-bah
Jugurtha
Joo-goor-thah (English, Joo-ger-thuh)
Julia
Joo-lee-ah
Julilla
Joo-lil-lah
Juturna
Joo-toor-nah
Lares
Lah-rays
Lares Permarini
Pair-mah-ree-nee
Lares Praestites
Prye-stit-ays (stit as in “sit”)
Lautumiae
Low-too-mee-eye (low as in “cow”)
Licinia
Lick-in-ee-ah
Lugdunum
Loog-doo-noom
macellum
mack-ell-oom (mack as in “tack”)
Marcia
Mar-kee-ah (English, Marsh-uh or Mar-see-uh)
Marcomanni
Mar-koh-mah-nee
Marrucini
Mar-oo-kee-nee (heavy r—mar as in “tar”)
Marsi
Mar-see
Masinissa
Mah-sin-iss-ah (sin as in “tin”)
Mastanabal
Mah-stan-ah-bahl (stan as in “ran”)
Mauretania
Mow-ret-ah-nee-ah (mow as in “cow”)
mentula
men-too-lah (men as in “ten”)
mentulam coco
men-too-lahm kah-koh
Metrobius
Met-roh-bee-uss (met as in “set”)
Micipsa
Mick-ip-sah
Milo
Mee-loh (English, Mye-loh)
Misenum
Mee-say-noom
Mithridates
Mith-rid-ah-tays (English, Mith-rid-ay-tees)
Muluchath
Moo-loo-kath
Myrto
Meer-toh
Nabataea
Nah-bah-tye-ah
Nabdalsa
Nab-dahl-sah (nab as in “cab”)
Naevius
Nye-vee-uss
Narbo
Nor-boh or Nah-boh
Neapolis
Nay-ah-pol-iss (pol as in “doll”)
nefas
neff-ahss (neff as in “left”—ahss as in “arse”)
nemo
nay-moh
Nicopoiis
Nick-op-ol-iss
Numantia
Noo-man-tee-ah (man as in “man”)
Numidia
Noo-mid-ee-ah (mid as in “bid”)
Ocelum
Ock-ell-oom (ock as in “sock”)
Odysseus
Odd-iss-oos (English, Odd-iss-ee-uss)
Oedipus
Ee-dee-puss (American, Ed-ee-puss)
oppidum
op-id-oom (op as in “hop”—id as in “bid”)
opus incertum
op-uss in-ker-toom
Oxyntas
Ox-in-tahss (in as in “sin”)
Paeligni
Pye-leen-yee
Pamphylia
Pam-fee-lee-ah (pam as in “ham”)
Paphlagonia
Paff-la-goh-nee-ah
papyrus
pap-eye-russ (pap as in “tap”)
Patavium
Pat-ah-vee-oom (pat as in “cat”)
paterfamilias
pat-er-fam-ill-ee-ahss
Patrae
Pat-rye
Penates
Pen-ah-tays (pen as in “ten”)
Perseus
Per-soos (English, Per-see-uss)
phalerae
fal-er-eye (fal as in “pal”)
Phrygia
Fridge-ee-ah
Picenum
Pee-kay-noom
pilum
pee-loom
Placentia
Plah-ken-tee-ah
plebs
rhymes with “webs”
podex
poh-dex (dex as in “sex”)
pomerium
poh-mair-ee-oom
praefectus fabrutn
prye-feck-tuss fab-room (fab as in “cab”)
praenomen
prye-noh-men
praetor
prye-tor
praetor peregrinus
pair-egg-ree-nuss
praetor urbanus
oor-bah-nuss
primus inter pares
pree-muss in-ter pah-rays
Princeps Senatus
Prin-keps Sen-ah-tuss
Priscilla
Priss-kill-ah (English, Priss-ill-uh)
privatus
pree-vah-tuss
pteryges
terry-gays
Ptolemy
Tol-em-ee (tol as in “doll”)
Ptolemy Apion
Ah-pee-on
Ptolemy Euergetes
Er-air-get-ays
Puteoli
Poo-tay-oh-lee
Pyrrhus
Pirr-uss (pirr as in “stirrup”)
Reate
Ray-ah-tay
Regia
Ray-gee-ah (the g as in “gear”)
Remus
Rem-uss (rem as in “hem”—English, Ree-muss)
Rhenus
Ray-nuss
Rhodanus
Rod-an-uss (rod as in “cod”)
Roma
Roh-mah
Romulus
Roh-moo-luss
rostra
roh-strah
Rusicade
Roo-see-kah-day
Rutilia
Roo-tee-lee-ah
saepta
sye-p-tah
sagum
sag-oom (sag as in “hag”)
saltatrix tonsa
sal-tah-tricks ton-sah (ton as in “upon”)
Samnium
Sam-nee-oom (sam as in “ham”)
satrap
sat-rap
Scordisci
Skor-disk-ee
Scylax
Skee-lacks (English, Sky-lacks)
Scylla
Skee-lah (English, Skill-uh or Sill-uh)
Servilia
Sair-vee-lee-ah (sair as in “air”)
Servilia Caepionis
Kye-pee-oh-niss
smaragdus
smah-rag-duss
Smyrna
Smeer-nah (English, Smur-nuh—smur as in “fur”)
stibium
stib-ee-oom (stib as in “crib”)
stimulus
stim-oo-luss (stim as in “dim”)
Subura
Soo-boo-rah
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