Petilius

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Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From petīlus (“thin, slim”) +‎ -ius.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Petīlius m sg (genitive Petīliī or Petīlī); second declension

  1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
    1. Quintus Petilius Cerialis, a Roman general

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

singular
nominative Petīlius
genitive Petīliī
Petīlī1
dative Petīliō
accusative Petīlium
ablative Petīliō
vocative Petīlī

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

Derived terms

References

  • “Petilius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Petillius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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