Amulius

Latin edit

Etymology edit

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Pronunciation edit

(Classical) IPA^(key): /aˈmuː.li.us/, [äˈmuːlʲiʊs̠]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈmu.li.us/, [äˈmuːlius]

Proper noun edit

Amūlius m sg (genitive Amūliī or Amūlī); second declension

(Roman mythology) A mythical king of Alba Longa, who ordered to drown Romulus and Remus in the Tiber

Declension edit

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Amūlius
Genitive	Amūliī Amūlī¹
Dative	Amūliō
Accusative	Amūlium
Ablative	Amūliō
Vocative	Amūlī

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

Descendants edit

Ancient Greek: Ἀμούλιος (Amoúlios)
Italian: Amulio

References edit

Amulius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
“Amulius”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

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