Silius

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈsiː.li.us/, [ˈs̠iːlʲiʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.li.us/, [ˈsiːlius]

Proper noun

Sīlius m sg (genitive Sīliī or Sīlī); second declension

1. a Roman nomen gentilicium

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

• Sīliānus

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.