Masistius

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Latin

Alternative forms

Macistius

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Μασίστιος (Masístios).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /maˈsis.ti.us/,
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /maˈsis.ti.us/,

Proper noun

Masistius m sg (genitive Masistiī or Masistī); second declension

A Persian leader of the cavalry

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Masistius
genitive	Masistiī Masistī¹
dative	Masistiō
accusative	Masistium
ablative	Masistiō
vocative	Masistī

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

References

“Masistius”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

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