Sallustius

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Proper noun

Sallustius

1. Salutius, a Neoplatonist author

Latin

Alternative forms

• Salustius

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /salˈlus.ti.us/, [s̠älˈlʲʊs̠t̪iʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /salˈlus.ti.us/, [sälˈlust̪ius]

Proper noun

Sallustius m sg (genitive Sallustiī or Sallustī); second declension

1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
   1. Gaius Sallustius Crispus, a Roman historian

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Sallustius
Genitive	Sallustiī Sallustī1
Dative	Sallustiō
Accusative	Sallustium
Ablative	Sallustiō
Vocative	Sallustī

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

Derived terms

• Sallustia
• Sallustiānus, Salustiānus

References

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