Paetus

See also: paetus

Latin

Etymology

From paetus (“blinking, squinting”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpae̯.tus/, [ˈpäe̯t̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpe.tus/, [ˈpɛːt̪us]

Proper noun

Paetus m sg (genitive Paetī); second declension

1. a cognomen of the gentes Aelia, Autronia, Castrinia, and others

   Publius Aelius Paetus

    

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Paetus
genitive	Paetī
dative	Paetō
accusative	Paetum
ablative	Paetō
vocative	Paete

Derived terms

• Paetinus

 

References

• “Paetus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Paetus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• George Davis Chase, "Origin of Roman Praenomina", Harvard Studies in Classical Philology, Vol. 8, 1897, p. 109.