Sextilius

Latin

Etymology

From sextīlis, from sextus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /sekˈstiː.li.us/, [s̠ɛkˈs̠t̪iːlʲiʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /sekˈsti.li.us/, [sekˈst̪iːlius]

Proper noun

Sextīlius m sg (genitive Sextīliī or Sextīlī); second declension

1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
   1. Publius Sextilius, a Roman praetor

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Sextīlius
genitive	Sextīliī Sextīlī1
dative	Sextīliō
accusative	Sextīlium
ablative	Sextīliō
vocative	Sextīlī

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

Derived terms

• Sextīlia
• Sextīliānus

References

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