Quinctilius
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Latin
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Apparently from Quīnctulus, Quīntulus (“little Quīntus”) + -ius, from quīnctus, quīntus (“fifth”) + -ulus.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /kʷiːnkˈti.li.us/, [kʷiːŋkˈt̪ɪlʲiʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kwinkˈti.li.us/, [kwiŋkˈt̪iːlius]
Proper noun
[edit]Quīnctilius m sg (genitive Quīnctiliī or Quīnctilī); second declension
- a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
- Publius Quinctilius Varus, a Roman governor
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Quīnctilius |
Genitive | Quīnctiliī Quīnctilī1 |
Dative | Quīnctiliō |
Accusative | Quīnctilium |
Ablative | Quīnctiliō |
Vocative | Quīnctilī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “Quintilius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Quintilius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.