Cilium

Latin

Etymology

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Proper noun

Cilium n sg (genitive Ciliī or Cilī); second declension

1. Kasserine (an ancient city in modern Tunisia)

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Cilium
Genitive	Ciliī Cilī1
Dative	Ciliō
Accusative	Cilium
Ablative	Ciliō
Vocative	Cilium
Locative	Ciliī

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

Derived terms

• Cilītānus

References

• Cilium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.