Cestius
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkes.ti.us/, [ˈkɛs̠t̪iʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃes.ti.us/, [ˈt͡ʃɛst̪ius]
Proper noun[edit]
Cestius m sg (genitive Cestiī or Cestī); second declension
- a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
- Lucius Cestius Pius, a Roman rhetorician
Declension[edit]
Second-declension noun, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Cestius |
| Genitive | Cestiī Cestī1 |
| Dative | Cestiō |
| Accusative | Cestium |
| Ablative | Cestiō |
| Vocative | Cestī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “Cestius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Cestius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.