Suetius

Latin

Etymology

From suētus (“accustomed; wonted”) +‎ -ius.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /suˈeː.ti.us/, [s̠uˈeːt̪iʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /suˈet.t͡si.us/, [suˈɛt̪ː͡s̪ius]

Proper noun

Suētius m sg (genitive Suētiī or Suētī); second declension

1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name", famously held by:
   1. Lucius Suetius, one of the witnesses against Verres

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Suētius
Genitive	Suētiī Suētī1
Dative	Suētiō
Accusative	Suētium
Ablative	Suētiō
Vocative	Suētī

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

References

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