Praetutii

Latin

Etymology

Believed to be of Italic (Osco-Umbrian) origin; they may have originally been Illyrian-speaking peoples who fused with the Italics. The name is of uncertain meaning, but compare Oscan [script needed] (praetot, “chieftain, leader”) (see Latin praetor).

Proper noun

Praetūtiī m pl (genitive Praetūtiōrum); second declension

1. A tribe of Central Italy, inhabiting a part of Picenum bounded by the river Vomanus on the south and Albula on the north

Declension

Second-declension noun, plural only.

	plural
nominative	Praetūtiī
genitive	Praetūtiōrum
dative	Praetūtiīs
accusative	Praetūtiōs
ablative	Praetūtiīs
vocative	Praetūtiī

Derived terms

• Praetūtiānus

References

• “Praetutii”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly