Ancilius

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Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Probably related to Ancus.[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Ancilius m sg (genitive Anciliī or Ancilī); second declension

  1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name"

Declension[edit]

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Ancilius
Genitive Anciliī
Ancilī1
Dative Anciliō
Accusative Ancilium
Ablative Anciliō
Vocative Ancilī

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

References[edit]

  1. ^ Walde, Alois, Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1938) “Ancilius”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), 3rd edition, volume I, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 45