Statius
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Chiefly attested as a Samnite name, hence probably from Oscan šššššš(š)š (staati(i)s).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ĖstaĖ.ti.us/, [ĖsĢ tĢŖƤĖtĢŖiŹsĢ ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /Ėstat.tĶ”si.us/, [ĖstĢŖƤtĢŖĖĶ”sĢŖius]
Proper noun[edit]
StÄtius m (genitive StÄtiÄ« or StÄtÄ«); second declension
- A masculine praenomen, famously held by:
- Statius Gellius, a Samnite general
- A Roman cognomen ā famously held by:
- Publius Papinius Statius, a Roman poet
- Caecilius Statius, a Roman comic poet
Declension[edit]
Second-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | StÄtius | StÄtiÄ« |
Genitive | StÄtiÄ« StÄtÄ«1 |
StÄtiÅrum |
Dative | StÄtiÅ | StÄtiÄ«s |
Accusative | StÄtium | StÄtiÅs |
Ablative | StÄtiÅ | StÄtiÄ«s |
Vocative | StÄtÄ« | StÄtiÄ« |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Descendants[edit]
- Italian: Stazio
References[edit]
- āStatiusā, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Statius in Gaffiot, FƩlix (1934) Dictionnaire illustrƩ latin-franƧais, Hachette.