Saturnius

Sāturnĭus, a, um.—

• • • 2 Sātur-nĭus, ii, v. Saturnus, A.

Sāturnius, a, um, s. Sāturnus.

Saturnius [CL], of or pertaining to the planet Saturn. si ‥ contingat nativitas pueri in constellatione ~ia ‥ vicium torporis et ignavie et negligentie efficit Bern. Comm. Aen. 5.

Sāturnĭus, (11) a, um, de Saturne : Saturnia arva Virg. En. 1, 569, le Latium ; Saturnia tellus Virg. En. 8, 329, lʼItalie ; Saturnia Juno Virg. En. 12, 156, Junon, fille de Saturne ; Saturnius mons Varro L. 5, 42 ; Fest. 322, le Capitole || Saturnia virgo Ov. F. 6, 383, la fille de Saturne [Vesta] ; Saturnia stella Cic. Rep. 6, 17, Saturne [planète] ; Saturnia regna Virg. B. 4, 6, lʼâge dʼor || Saturnius numerus Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 158, vers saturnien || subst. m. Sāturnĭus, ĭī, fils de Saturne [Jupiter, Pluton] : Ov. M. 8, 703 ; 5, 420 || Saturnii dicebantur qui castrum in imo clivo Capitolino incolebant Fest. 322, on appelait Saturniens ceux qui habitaient la ville au sommet du mont Capitolin, v. Saturnia.

saturnius, a, um. adj. (saturnus.)
{} — pater. v. jupiter. {} Numerus saturnius {} Saturnia arva {} Saturnia tellus {}

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Satu'rnius

that is, a son of Saturnus, and accordingly used as a surname of Jupiter and Neptune. (Verg. A. 4.372, 5.799.) [L.S]

Sāturnius adj.,

• of Saturn, Saturnian: stella, the planet Saturn, C.: tellus, Italy, V.: regna, i. e. the golden age of Saturn's reign, V.: gens, i. e. the Italians, O.: Iuno, V., O.: Iuppiter, pater, V., O.: domitor maris, i. e. Neptune, V.: virgo, i. e. Vesta, O.: numerus, the Saturnian verse (the oldest Latin metre), H.—As substm., son of Saturn, i. e. Jupiter or Pluto, O.—As substf., daughter of Saturn: Iuno, V., O.

Saturnius

That is, “son of Saturnus,” a term used as a surname of Iupiter, Neptune, and Pluto. For the same reason the name of Saturnia is given both to Iuno and Vesta.