Statius
Latin
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈstaː.ti.us/, [ˈs̠t̪äːt̪iʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈstat.t͡si.us/, [ˈst̪ät̪ː͡s̪ius]
Proper noun
Stātius m (genitive Stātiī or Stātī); second declension
- A masculine praenomen, famously held by:
- Statius Gellius, a Samnite general
- A Roman cognomen — famously held by:
- Publius Papinius Statius, a Roman poet
- Caecilius Statius, a Roman comic poet
Declension
Second-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | Stātius | Stātiī |
Genitive | Stātiī Stātī1 |
Stātiōrum |
Dative | Stātiō | Stātiīs |
Accusative | Stātium | Stātiōs |
Ablative | Stātiō | Stātiīs |
Vocative | Stātī | Stātiī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Descendants
- Italian: Stazio
References
- “Statius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Statius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.