Egilius

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /eˈɡi.li.us/, [ɛˈɡɪlʲiʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /eˈd͡ʒi.li.us/, [eˈd͡ʒiːlius]

Proper noun

Egilius m sg (genitive Egiliī or Egilī); second declension

1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
   1. Lucius Egilius, a Roman commissioner

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Egilius
genitive	Egiliī Egilī1
dative	Egiliō
accusative	Egilium
ablative	Egiliō
vocative	Egilī

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

References

• Egilius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Egilius”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray