Quinctilius

Latin

Alternative forms

• Quīntilius

Etymology

Apparently from Quīnctulus, Quīntulus (“little Quīntus”) +‎ -ius, from quīnctus, quīntus (“fifth”) +‎ -ulus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kʷiːnkˈti.li.us/, [kʷiːŋkˈt̪ɪlʲiʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kwinkˈti.li.us/, [kwiŋkˈt̪iːlius]

Proper noun

Quīnctilius m sg (genitive Quīnctiliī or Quīnctilī); second declension

1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
   1. Publius Quinctilius Varus, a Roman governor

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Quīnctilius
Genitive	Quīnctiliī Quīnctilī1
Dative	Quīnctiliō
Accusative	Quīnctilium
Ablative	Quīnctiliō
Vocative	Quīnctilī

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

Derived terms

• Quīnctilia
• Quīnctiliānus

References

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