Petilius

== Latin == === Alternative forms === Petīllius === Etymology === From petīlus (“thin, slim”) + -ius. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [pɛˈtiː.li.ʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [peˈtiː.li.us] === Proper noun === Petīlius m sg (genitive Petīliī or Petīlī); second declension a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by: Quintus Petilius Cerialis, a Roman general ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun, singular only. 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.