Acilius

Translingual

Proper noun

Acilius

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Dytiscidae – certain diving beetles.

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Adjective

Acīlius (feminine Acīlia, neuter Acīlium); first/second-declension adjective

  1. Acilian (of or pertaining to the Acilia gens)

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative Acīlius Acīlia Acīlium Acīliī Acīliae Acīlia
Genitive Acīliī Acīliae Acīliī Acīliōrum Acīliārum Acīliōrum
Dative Acīliō Acīliō Acīliīs
Accusative Acīlium Acīliam Acīlium Acīliōs Acīliās Acīlia
Ablative Acīliō Acīliā Acīliō Acīliīs
Vocative Acīlie Acīlia Acīlium Acīliī Acīliae Acīlia

Proper noun

Acīlius m (genitive Acīliī or Acīlī); second declension

  1. The name of a Roman gens, famously held by:
    1. Gaius Acilius (a Roman historian and senator)

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative Acīlius Acīliī
Genitive Acīliī
Acīlī1		 Acīliōrum
Dative Acīliō Acīliīs
Accusative Acīlium Acīliōs
Ablative Acīliō Acīliīs
Vocative Acīlī Acīliī

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

Derived terms

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

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