Thesaurochrysonicochrysides

• Thensaurochrȳsonīcochrȳsidēs (pre-classical)

Coined by Plautus, from a compound of thesaurus (“treasure”) +‎ Chrȳsonīcus +‎ Chrȳsidēs.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [tʰeː.sau̯.rɔ.kʰryː.sɔ.niː.kɔˈkʰryː.sɪ.deːs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [te.s̬au̯.ro.kri.s̬o.ni.koˈkriː.s̬i.des]

Thēsaurochrȳsonīcochrȳsidēs m sg (genitive Thēsaurochrȳsonīcochrȳsidae); first declension

1. (Plautine, humorous) A nickname given to Theodoromedes: a fictional character in Plautus' play Captivi.
   • c. 200 BCE – 190 BCE, Plautus, Captivi 2.2.35–100:

     Heg. Quid erat eī nōmen? Phil. Thēsaurochrȳsonīcochrȳsidēs. […] Heg. Fuitne huic pater Thēsaurochrȳsonīcochrȳsidēs?

     Heg. What was his name? Phil. Thesaurochrysonicochrysides. […] Heg. Was this person’s father Thesaurochrysonicochrysides?

First-declension noun (masculine, Greek-type, nominative singular in -ēs), singular only.

• “Thēsaurŏchrȳsŏnīcochrȳsĭdes”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Thēsaurŏchrȳsŏnīcŏchrȳsĭdēs”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.