Mussidius

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /musˈsi.di.us/, [mʊs̠ˈs̠ɪd̪iʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /musˈsi.di.us/, [musˈsiːd̪ius]

Proper noun

Mussidius m sg (genitive Mussidiī or Mussidī); second declension

1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
   1. Titus Mussidius Pollianus, a Roman governor

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Mussidius
Genitive	Mussidiī Mussidī1
Dative	Mussidiō
Accusative	Mussidium
Ablative	Mussidiō
Vocative	Mussidī

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

References

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