Pacilius
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Latin
Etymology
From Pacilus (“a Roman cognomen”) + -ius.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /paˈki.li.us/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /paˈt͡ʃi.li.us/,
Proper noun
Pacilius m sg (genitive Paciliī or Pacilī); second declension
- a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
- Marcus Pacilius, a Roman man mentioned by Cicero
Declension
Second-declension noun, singular only.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Pacilius |
| genitive | Paciliī Pacilī1 |
| dative | Paciliō |
| accusative | Pacilium |
| ablative | Paciliō |
| vocative | Pacilī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
References
- “M. Pacilius”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray