Matidius

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /maˈti.di.us/, [mäˈt̪ɪd̪iʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /maˈti.di.us/, [mäˈt̪iːd̪ius]

Proper noun

Matidius m sg (genitive Matidiī or Matidī); second declension

1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name", famously held by:
   1. Matidia, the niece of the emperor Trajan

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Matidius
genitive	Matidiī Matidī1
dative	Matidiō
accusative	Matidium
ablative	Matidiō
vocative	Matidī

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

References

• Matidius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Matidia”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray