Lucilius
Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
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Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /luːˈkiː.li.us/, [ɫ̪uːˈkiːlʲiʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /luˈt͡ʃi.li.us/, [luˈt͡ʃiːlius]
Proper noun edit
Lūcīlius m sg (genitive Lūcīliī or Lūcīlī); second declension
- A Roman masculine nōmen— famously held by:
- Gaius Ennius Lucilius (circa 180–103/2 BC), the earliest Roman satirist and a member of the Scipionic Circle
- Lucilius Bassus, a writer mentioned by Cicero as being “of no merit”
- Quintus Lucilius Balbus (fl. 40 BC), Stoic philosopher and pupil of Panaetius
- Lucilius Junior (fl. AD 1st C.), procurator of Sicily during the reign of the Emperor Nero, a friend and correspondent of L. Annaeus Seneca, and the possible author of the poem Aetna
Declension edit
Second-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Lūcīlius |
Genitive | Lūcīliī Lūcīlī1 |
Dative | Lūcīliō |
Accusative | Lūcīlium |
Ablative | Lūcīliō |
Vocative | Lūcīlī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Ancient Greek: Λουκίλλιος (Loukíllios)
References edit
- “Lūcīlĭus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Lūcīlĭus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 923/3.
- “Lūcīlius” on page 1,045/3 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
Further reading edit
- Lucilia gens on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Gaius Ennius Lucilius on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Gaius Ennius Lucilius on the Latin Wikipedia.Wikipedia la
- Quintus Lucilius Balbus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Quintus Lucilius Balbus on the Latin Wikipedia.Wikipedia la
- Lucilius Junior on Wikipedia.Wikipedia