Quinctilius
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Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
Apparently from Quīnctulus, Quīntulus (“little Quīntus”) + -ius, from quīnctus, quīntus (“fifth”) + -ulus.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /kʷiːnkˈti.li.us/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kwinkˈti.li.us/,
Proper noun
Quīnctilius m sg (genitive Quīnctiliī or Quīnctilī); second declension
- a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
- Publius Quinctilius Varus, a Roman governor
Declension
Second-declension noun, singular only.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Quīnctilius |
| genitive | Quīnctiliī Quīnctilī1 |
| dative | Quīnctiliō |
| accusative | Quīnctilium |
| ablative | Quīnctiliō |
| vocative | Quīnctilī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Derived terms
References
- “Quintilius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Quintilius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.