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Latin
Etymology
Possibly from tullius (“waterfall, downpour”) or related to tollere (“to raise”)
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Tullius m (genitive Tulliī or Tullī); second declension
- a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
- Servius Tullius, a Roman king
- Marcus Tullius Cicero, a famous Roman orator
Declension
Second-declension noun.
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
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References
- “Tullius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Tullius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.