antonius

1. 1.

   Roman general under Julius Caesar in the Gallic wars; repudiated his wife for the Egyptian queen Cleopatra; they were defeated by Octavian at Actium (83-30 BC)

   SynonymsAntonyAnthonyMark AntonyMark AnthonyMarcus Antonius

   Broadergeneral

Other forms of antonius

plural

antoniuses·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about antonius

What does antonius mean?

antonius means "Roman general under Julius Caesar in the Gallic wars; repudiated his wife for the Egyptian queen Cleopatra; they were defeated by Octavian at Actium (83-30 BC)".

How many syllables are in antonius?

antonius has 4 syllables: an-to-ni-us. The stress falls on "to". In IPA it is /ænˈtoʊniəs/.

What is another word for antonius?

Close synonyms include Antony, Anthony, Mark Antony, Mark Anthony, Marcus Antonius. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is antonius a common word?

antonius is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.