Suillius

Latin

Etymology

From suillus (“swine”) +‎ -ius.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /suˈiːl.li.us/, [s̠uˈiːlːʲiʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /suˈil.li.us/, [suˈilːius]

Proper noun

Suīllius m sg (genitive Suīlliī or Suīllī); second declension

1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
   1. Marcus Suillius Nerullinus, a Roman senator

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Suīllius
Genitive	Suīlliī Suīllī1
Dative	Suīlliō
Accusative	Suīllium
Ablative	Suīlliō
Vocative	Suīllī

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

References

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