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Latin
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Proper noun
Camillus m sg (genitive Camillī); second declension
- A masculine cognomen — famously held by:
- Marcus Furius Camillus, a Roman statesman and politician of semi-legendary status
Declension
Second-declension noun, singular only.
Derived terms
References
- “Camillus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Camillus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Camillus in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 1, Hahnsche Buchhandlung