Sittius

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈsit.ti.us/, [ˈs̠ɪt̪ːiʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsit.ti.us/, [ˈsit̪ːius]

Proper noun

Sittius m sg (genitive Sittiī or Sittī); second declension

1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
   1. Publius Sittius, a Roman mercenary

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Sittius
Genitive	Sittiī Sittī1
Dative	Sittiō
Accusative	Sittium
Ablative	Sittiō
Vocative	Sittī

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

Derived terms

• Sittia
• Sittiānus

References

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