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Latin
Etymology
From sextīlis, from sextus.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Sextīlius m sg (genitive Sextīliī or Sextīlī); second declension
- a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
- Publius Sextilius, a Roman praetor
Declension
Second-declension noun, singular only.
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
- Sextilius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.