Quinctilius

Latin

Alternative forms

  • Quīntilius

Etymology

Apparently from Quīnctulus, Quīntulus (little Quīntus) +‎ -ius, from quīnctus, quīntus (fifth) +‎ -ulus.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Quīnctilius m sg (genitive Quīnctiliī or Quīnctilī); second declension

  1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
    1. Publius Quinctilius Varus, a Roman governor

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

singular
nominative Quīnctilius
genitive Quīnctiliī
Quīnctilī1
dative Quīnctiliō
accusative Quīnctilium
ablative Quīnctiliō
vocative Quīnctilī

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

Derived terms

  • Quīnctilia
  • Quīnctiliānus

References

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