Gargilius

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ɡarˈɡi.li.us/, [ɡärˈɡɪlʲiʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ɡarˈd͡ʒi.li.us/, [ɡärˈd͡ʒiːlius]

Proper noun

Gargilius m sg (genitive Gargiliī or Gargilī); second declension

1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
   1. Quintus Gargilius Martialis, a Roman writer

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Gargilius
genitive	Gargiliī Gargilī1
dative	Gargiliō
accusative	Gargilium
ablative	Gargiliō
vocative	Gargilī

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

Derived terms

• Gargilia
• Gargiliānus

References

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