Lucilius
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[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
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Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /luːˈkiː.li.us/, [ɫ̪uːˈkiːlʲiʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /luˈt͡ʃi.li.us/, [luˈt͡ʃiːlius]
Proper noun
[edit]Lūcīlius m sg (genitive Lūcīliī or Lūcīlī); second declension
- A Roman masculine nōmen— famously held by:
- Gaius Ennius Lucilius (circa 180–103/2 BC), the earliest Roman satirist and a member of the Scipionic Circle
- Lucilius Bassus, a writer mentioned by Cicero as being “of no merit”
- Quintus Lucilius Balbus (fl. 40 BC), Stoic philosopher and pupil of Panaetius
- Lucilius Junior (fl. AD 1st C.), procurator of Sicily during the reign of the Emperor Nero, a friend and correspondent of L. Annaeus Seneca, and the possible author of the poem Aetna
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Lūcīlius |
Genitive | Lūcīliī Lūcīlī1 |
Dative | Lūcīliō |
Accusative | Lūcīlium |
Ablative | Lūcīliō |
Vocative | Lūcīlī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → Ancient Greek: Λουκίλλιος (Loukíllios)
References
[edit]- “Lūcīlĭus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Lūcīlĭus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 923/3.
- “Lūcīlius” on page 1,045/3 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
Further reading
[edit]Lucilia gens on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Gaius Ennius Lucilius on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Gaius Ennius Lucilius on the Latin Wikipedia.Wikipedia la
Quintus Lucilius Balbus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Quintus Lucilius Balbus on the Latin Wikipedia.Wikipedia la
Lucilius Junior on Wikipedia.Wikipedia