Latin

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Etymology

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Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Egilius m sg (genitive Egiliī or Egilī); second declension

  1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
    1. Lucius Egilius, a Roman commissioner

Declension

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Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Egilius
Genitive Egiliī
Egilī1
Dative Egiliō
Accusative Egilium
Ablative Egiliō
Vocative Egilī

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

References

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