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Latin
Etymology
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Proper noun
Cilium n sg (genitive Ciliī or Cilī); second declension
- Kasserine (an ancient city in modern Tunisia)
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only.
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Derived terms
References
- Cilium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.