Fufetius

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /fuːˈfeː.ti.us/, [fuːˈfeːt̪iʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /fuˈfet.t͡si.us/, [fuˈfɛt̪ː͡s̪ius]

Proper noun

Fūfētius m sg (genitive Fūfētiī or Fūfētī); second declension

1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
   1. Mettius Fufetius, an Alban dictator

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Fūfētius
Genitive	Fūfētiī Fūfētī1
Dative	Fūfētiō
Accusative	Fūfētium
Ablative	Fūfētiō
Vocative	Fūfētī

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

Descendants

• Italian: Fufezio

References

• Fufetius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.