Caecilius

Latin

Etymology

From caecus (“blind”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kae̯ˈki.li.us/, [käe̯ˈkɪlʲiʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃeˈt͡ʃi.li.us/, [t͡ʃeˈt͡ʃiːlius]

Proper noun

Caecilius m (genitive Caeciliī or Caecilī, feminine Caecilia); second declension

1. The name of a Roman gens.

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	Caecilius	Caeciliī
genitive	Caeciliī Caecilī1	Caeciliōrum
dative	Caeciliō	Caeciliīs
accusative	Caecilium	Caeciliōs
ablative	Caeciliō	Caeciliīs
vocative	Caecilī	Caeciliī

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

Derived terms

• Caecilia
• Caeciliānus

Descendants

• English: Cecil
• Italian: Cecilio
• Spanish: Cecilio

References

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