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Censorinus

“Censorinus” is a Latin word. Its meaning in English:

proper noun

  1. a cognomen used by the gentes Marcia and Caelia

Etymology

From censōrīnus, from censor + -īnus (“-ine: forming adjectives”), from cēnsēre (“to evaluate, to assess”) + -or (“-er: forming agent nouns”). Presumably related to Oscan kenssurineís.

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