Latin edit

Etymology edit

From petīlus.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

petīlium n (genitive petīliī or petīlī); second declension

  1. an autumnal flower

Declension edit

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative petīlium petīlia
Genitive petīliī
petīlī1
petīliōrum
Dative petīliō petīliīs
Accusative petīlium petīlia
Ablative petīliō petīliīs
Vocative petīlium petīlia

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

References edit

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