Paetus

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Latin

Etymology

From paetus (“blinking, squinting”).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Paetus m sg (genitive Paetī); second declension

  1. a cognomen of the gentes Aelia, Autronia, Castrinia, and others
    Publius Aelius Paetus
     

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Paetus
Genitive Paetī
Dative Paetō
Accusative Paetum
Ablative Paetō
Vocative Paete

Derived terms

References

  • “Paetus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Paetus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • George Davis Chase, "Origin of Roman Praenomina", Harvard Studies in Classical Philology, Vol. 8, 1897, p. 109.
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