Silius

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Proper noun

Sīlius m sg (genitive Sīliī or Sīlī); second declension

  1. a Roman nomen gentilicium

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

singular
nominative Sīlius
genitive Sīliī
Sīlī1
dative Sīliō
accusative Sīlium
ablative Sīliō
vocative Sīlī

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

Derived terms

  • Sīliānus

References

  • Silius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Silius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.