Ofilius

Latin

Alternative forms

• Ofellius
• Offilius

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /oˈfi.li.us/, [ɔˈfɪlʲiʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /oˈfi.li.us/, [oˈfiːlius]

Proper noun

Ofilius m sg (genitive Ofiliī or Ofilī); second declension

1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
   1. Aulus Ofilius, a Roman jurist

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Ofilius
Genitive	Ofiliī Ofilī1
Dative	Ofiliō
Accusative	Ofilium
Ablative	Ofiliō
Vocative	Ofilī

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

Derived terms

• Ofilia

References

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