Masistius

Latin

Alternative forms

• Macistius

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Μασίστιος (Masístios).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /maˈsis.ti.us/, [mäˈs̠ɪs̠t̪iʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /maˈsis.ti.us/, [mäˈs̬ist̪ius]

Proper noun

Masistius m sg (genitive Masistiī or Masistī); second declension

1. A Persian leader of the cavalry

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Masistius
Genitive	Masistiī Masistī1
Dative	Masistiō
Accusative	Masistium
Ablative	Masistiō
Vocative	Masistī

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

References

• “Masistius”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray