Cestius

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkes.ti.us/, [ˈkɛs̠t̪iʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃes.ti.us/, [ˈt͡ʃɛst̪ius]

Proper noun

Cestius m sg (genitive Cestiī or Cestī); second declension

1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
   1. Lucius Cestius Pius, a Roman rhetorician

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Cestius
Genitive	Cestiī Cestī1
Dative	Cestiō
Accusative	Cestium
Ablative	Cestiō
Vocative	Cestī

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

Derived terms

• Cestia
• Cestiānus

References

• “Cestius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Cestius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.