Falcidius

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /falˈki.di.us/, [fäɫ̪ˈkɪd̪iʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /falˈt͡ʃi.di.us/, [fäl̠ʲˈt͡ʃiːd̪ius]

Proper noun

Falcidius m sg (genitive Falcidiī or Falcidī); second declension

1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
   1. Publius Falcidius, a Roman tribune

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Falcidius
genitive	Falcidiī Falcidī1
dative	Falcidiō
accusative	Falcidium
ablative	Falcidiō
vocative	Falcidī

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

Derived terms

• Falcidia
• Falcidiānus

Descendants

• Translingual: Falcidius

Adjective

Falcidius (feminine Falcidia, neuter Falcidium); first/second-declension adjective

1. of or pertaining to the gens Falcidia.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	Falcidius	Falcidia	Falcidium		Falcidiī	Falcidiae	Falcidia
genitive	Falcidiī	Falcidiae	Falcidiī		Falcidiōrum	Falcidiārum	Falcidiōrum
dative	Falcidiō	Falcidiae	Falcidiō		Falcidiīs
accusative	Falcidium	Falcidiam	Falcidium		Falcidiōs	Falcidiās	Falcidia
ablative	Falcidiō	Falcidiā	Falcidiō		Falcidiīs
vocative	Falcidie	Falcidia	Falcidium		Falcidiī	Falcidiae	Falcidia

References

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