Tuscilius
Latin edit
Etymology edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /tusˈki.li.us/, [t̪ʊs̠ˈkɪlʲiʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /tuʃˈʃi.li.us/, [t̪uʃˈʃiːlius]
Proper noun edit
Tuscilius m sg (genitive Tusciliī or Tuscilī); second declension
- a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
- Tuscilius Nominatus, a Roman orator
Declension edit
Second-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Tuscilius |
Genitive | Tusciliī Tuscilī1 |
Dative | Tusciliō |
Accusative | Tuscilium |
Ablative | Tusciliō |
Vocative | Tuscilī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
References edit
- Tuscilius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Tuscilius Nominatus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray