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Latin
Etymology
Chiefly attested as a Samnite name, hence probably from Oscan šššššš(š)š (staati(i)s).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
StÄtius m (genitive StÄtiÄ« or StÄtÄ«); second declension
- A masculine praenomen, famously held by:
- Statius Gellius, a Samnite general
- A Roman cognomen ā famously held by:
- Publius Papinius Statius, a Roman poet
- Caecilius Statius, a Roman comic poet
Declension
Second-declension noun.
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Descendants
References
- āStatiusā, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Statius in Gaffiot, FƩlix (1934) Dictionnaire illustrƩ latin-franƧais, Hachette.