Cluilius

Latin

Alternative forms

• Cloelius

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kluˈi.li.us/, [kɫ̪uˈɪlʲiʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kluˈi.li.us/, [kluˈiːlius]

Proper noun

Cluilius m sg (genitive Cluiliī or Cluilī); second declension

1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
   1. Gaius Cluilius, an Alban chief

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Cluilius
Genitive	Cluiliī Cluilī1
Dative	Cluiliō
Accusative	Cluilium
Ablative	Cluiliō
Vocative	Cluilī

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

Derived terms

• Cloelius

Descendants

• Ancient Greek: Κλοίλιος (Kloílios)

References

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