Acilius

Translingual

Proper noun

Acilius

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

Latin

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /aˈkiː.li.us/, [äˈkiːlʲiʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈt͡ʃi.li.us/, [äˈt͡ʃiːlius]

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

2. The name of a Roman gens, famously held by:
   2. 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

• Acīliānus (“pertaining to Acilius”, adjective)

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.

Further reading

• Acilia gens on Wikipedia.Wikipedia