Petilius

Latin

Alternative forms

• Petīllius

Etymology

From petīlus (“thin, slim”) +‎ -ius.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /peˈtiː.li.us/, [pɛˈt̪iːlʲiʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /peˈti.li.us/, [peˈt̪iːlius]

Proper noun

Petīlius m sg (genitive Petīliī or Petīlī); second declension

1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
   1. Quintus Petilius Cerialis, a Roman general

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Petīlius
Genitive	Petīliī Petīlī1
Dative	Petīliō
Accusative	Petīlium
Ablative	Petīliō
Vocative	Petīlī

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

Derived terms

• Petīlia
• Petīliānus

References

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