Quinctilius
Latin
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editApparently 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
editQuīnctilius 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
editSecond-declension noun, singular only.
singular | |
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nominative | Quīnctilius |
genitive | Quīnctiliī Quīnctilī1 |
dative | Quīnctiliō |
accusative | Quīnctilium |
ablative | Quīnctiliō |
vocative | Quīnctilī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Derived terms
editReferences
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.