Tatius
Latin
editEtymology
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Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈta.ti.us/, [ˈt̪ät̪iʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈtat.t͡si.us/, [ˈt̪ät̪ː͡s̪ius]
Proper noun
editTatius m sg (genitive Tatiī or Tatī); second declension
- (Roman mythology) Titus Tatius, mythological king of the Sabini, later on the joint ruler with Romulus in young Rome
- 27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita 1.10.1:
- [...] nec domī tantum indignātiōnēs continēbant, sed congregābantur undique ad T(itum) Tatium, rēgem Sabīnōrum, et lēgātiōnēs eō, quod maximum Tatī nōmen in īs regiōnibus erat, conveniēbant.
Declension
editSecond-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Tatius |
Genitive | Tatiī Tatī1 |
Dative | Tatiō |
Accusative | Tatium |
Ablative | Tatiō |
Vocative | Tatī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Descendants
edit- → Italian: Tazio
References
edit- Tatius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Tatius in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung
- “Tatius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press