Statius

Latin

Etymology

Chiefly attested as a Samnite name, hence probably from Oscan 𐌔𐌕𐌀𐌀𐌕𐌉(𐌉)𐌔 (staati(i)s).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈstaː.ti.us/, [ˈs̠t̪äːt̪iʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈstat.t͡si.us/, [ˈst̪ät̪ː͡s̪ius]

Proper noun

Stātius m (genitive Stātiī or Stātī); second declension

1. A masculine praenomen, famously held by:

   Statius Gellius, a Samnite general

2. A Roman cognomen — famously held by:
   1. Publius Papinius Statius, a Roman poet
   2. Caecilius Statius, a Roman comic poet

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	Stātius	Stātiī
Genitive	Stātiī Stātī1	Stātiōrum
Dative	Stātiō	Stātiīs
Accusative	Stātium	Stātiōs
Ablative	Stātiō	Stātiīs
Vocative	Stātī	Stātiī

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

Descendants

• Italian: Stazio

References

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