Sosius

Latin

Alternative forms

• Sossius

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈso.si.us/, [ˈs̠ɔs̠iʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈso.si.us/, [ˈsɔːs̬ius]

Proper noun

Sosius m sg (genitive Sosiī or Sosī); second declension

1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
   1. Quintus Sosius Senecio, a Roman consul

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Sosius
Genitive	Sosiī Sosī1
Dative	Sosiō
Accusative	Sosium
Ablative	Sosiō
Vocative	Sosī

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

Derived terms

• Sosia
• Sosiānus

References

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