Tuscilius

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /tusˈki.li.us/, [t̪ʊs̠ˈkɪlʲiʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /tuʃˈʃi.li.us/, [t̪uʃˈʃiːlius]

Proper noun

Tuscilius m sg (genitive Tusciliī or Tuscilī); second declension

1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
   1. Tuscilius Nominatus, a Roman orator

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Tuscilius
genitive	Tusciliī Tuscilī1
dative	Tusciliō
accusative	Tuscilium
ablative	Tusciliō
vocative	Tuscilī

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

References

• Tuscilius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Tuscilius Nominatus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray