Valentinian

See also: valentinián

English

Etymology

From Latin Valentīniānus, from Valentīnus (“Valentine”) + -iānus (“-ian: forming adjectives”), from valentia (“strength, health”) + -īnus (“-ine: forming adjectives”). Equivalent to Valentine +‎ -ian.

Adjective

Valentinian (comparative more Valentinian, superlative most Valentinian)

  1. Of or relating to Valentinus, a 2nd-century Egyptian gnostic.
    • 1875, The Dublin Review, page 396:
      We have seen already that this Gospel was a favourite authority with the Valentininan sect. Here we ascend to Valentinus himself. He was born about 100. After teaching in Egypt and Cyprus he came to Rome, about 140, and died some twenty years later.
  2. Of or relating to Valentinian I.
    Synonym: Valentinianic
    the Valentinian dynasty

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Noun

Valentinian (plural Valentinians)

  1. (historical) A follower of Valentinus, a 2nd-century Egyptian gnostic.
  2. (historical) A member of the Valentinian dynasty of Roman emperors.
    • 2023, The Roman Imperial Court in the Principate and Late Antiquity, page 198:
      Since 363, the Roman Empire had been ruled by only two imperial houses, those of the Valentinians and Theodosians, which had been intertwined by both collegiate rule and marriage.

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Proper noun

Valentinian

  1. a Roman cognomen
  2. (historical) Valentinian, three Roman emperors.

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