Silicius

Latin

Etymology

Possibly from silex (“flint”) +‎ -ius.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /siˈli.ki.us/, [s̠ɪˈlʲɪkiʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /siˈli.t͡ʃi.us/, [siˈliːt͡ʃius]

Proper noun

Silicius m sg (genitive Siliciī or Silicī); second declension

1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
   1. Publius Silicius Coronas, a Roman senator

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Silicius
Genitive	Siliciī Silicī1
Dative	Siliciō
Accusative	Silicium
Ablative	Siliciō
Vocative	Silicī

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

References

• “P. Silicius”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray