Silius
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Latin
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈsiː.li.us/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈsi.li.us/,
Proper noun
Sīlius m sg (genitive Sīliī or Sīlī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Sīlius |
| Genitive | Sīliī Sīlī1 |
| Dative | Sīliō |
| Accusative | Sīlium |
| Ablative | Sīliō |
| Vocative | Sīlī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Derived terms
References
- “Silius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Silius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.