Aemilius

Latin

Etymology

Possibly from aemulus (“rival”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ae̯ˈmi.li.us/, [äe̯ˈmɪlʲiʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /eˈmi.li.us/, [eˈmiːlius]

Proper noun

Aemilius m (genitive Aemiliī or Aemilī, feminine Aemilia); second declension

1. A Roman gens name.

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	Aemilius	Aemiliī
Genitive	Aemiliī Aemilī1	Aemiliōrum
Dative	Aemiliō	Aemiliīs
Accusative	Aemilium	Aemiliōs
Ablative	Aemiliō	Aemiliīs
Vocative	Aemilī	Aemiliī

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

Derived terms

• Aemiliānus

Related terms

• Aemilia

Descendants

• Bulgarian: Еми́л (Emíl), Еми́лия (Emílija)
• Danish: Emil, Emilie
• Dutch: Emiel, Emilie, Melle, Emma
• English: Emil, Emile, Emily
• Finnish: Eemeli, Emilia
• French: Émile, Émilie
• German: Emil, Emilie

• Norwegian: Emil, Emilie
• Spanish: Emilio, Emilia
• Italian: Emilio
• Russian: Эми́ль (Emílʹ), Эми́лия (Emílija)
• Ukrainian: Омеля́н (Omelján)
• Macedonian: Емилија (Emilija)
• Swedish: Emil, Emilia

References

• “Aemilius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press