Tullius

See also: tullius

Latin

Etymology

Possibly from tullius (“waterfall, downpour”) or related to tollere (“to raise”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈtul.li.us/, [ˈt̪ʊlːʲiʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈtul.li.us/, [ˈt̪ulːius]

Proper noun

Tullius m (genitive Tulliī or Tullī); second declension

1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
   1. Servius Tullius, a Roman king
   2. Marcus Tullius Cicero, a famous Roman orator

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	Tullius	Tulliī
genitive	Tulliī Tullī1	Tulliōrum
dative	Tulliō	Tulliīs
accusative	Tullium	Tulliōs
ablative	Tulliō	Tulliīs
vocative	Tullī	Tulliī

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

Derived terms

• Tullia
• Tulliānus

Descendants

• → Ancient Greek: Τούλλιος (Toúllios)

References

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