Silicius

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Latin

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Etymology

Possibly from silex (flint) +‎ -ius.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Silicius m sg (genitive Siliciī or Silicī); second declension

  1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
    1. Publius Silicius Coronas, a Roman senator

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

singular
nominative Silicius
genitive Siliciī
Silicī1
dative Siliciō
accusative Silicium
ablative Siliciō
vocative Silicī

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

References

  • P. Silicius”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray