Cottius

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkot.ti.us/, [ˈkɔt̪ːiʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkot.ti.us/, [ˈkɔt̪ːius]

Proper noun

Cottius m sg (genitive Cottiī or Cottī); second declension

1. A king of several Ligurian tribes

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Cottius
genitive	Cottiī Cottī1
dative	Cottiō
accusative	Cottium
ablative	Cottiō
vocative	Cottī

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

References

• “Cottius”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray