Laetilius

Latin

Etymology

Ultimately from laetus (“glad, happy”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /lae̯ˈtiː.li.us/, [ɫ̪äe̯ˈt̪iːlʲiʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /leˈti.li.us/, [leˈt̪iːlius]

Proper noun

Laetīlius m sg (genitive Laetīliī or Laetīlī); second declension

1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name", famously held by:
   1. Laetilius, the tabellarius of Verres

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Laetīlius
genitive	Laetīliī Laetīlī1
dative	Laetīliō
accusative	Laetīlium
ablative	Laetīliō
vocative	Laetīlī

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

References

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