Amulius

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Proper noun

Amūlius m sg (genitive Amūliī or Amūlī); second declension

  1. (Roman mythology) A mythical king of Alba Longa, who ordered to drown Romulus and Remus in the Tiber

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

singular
nominative Amūlius
genitive Amūliī
Amūlī1
dative Amūliō
accusative Amūlium
ablative Amūliō
vocative Amūlī

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

Descendants

  • Ancient Greek: Ἀμούλιος (Amoúlios)
  • Italian: Amulio

References

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