Pompilius

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /pomˈpi.li.us/, [pɔmˈpɪlʲiʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pomˈpi.li.us/, [pomˈpiːlius]

Proper noun

Pompilius m (genitive Pompiliī or Pompilī, feminine Pompilia); second declension

1. A Roman gens name.

   Numa Pompilius

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	Pompilius	Pompiliī
genitive	Pompiliī Pompilī1	Pompiliōrum
dative	Pompiliō	Pompiliīs
accusative	Pompilium	Pompiliōs
ablative	Pompiliō	Pompiliīs
vocative	Pompilī	Pompiliī

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

Derived terms

• Pompilianus

Descendants

• Catalan: Pompili
• Chinese: 庞皮里乌斯
• Italian: Pompilio
• Portuguese: Pompílio
• Romanian: Pompiliu
• Spanish: Pompilio

References

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

Paronyms

• Pompeius
• Pompillus
• pompilus
• Pompylus