Silicius

== Latin == === Etymology === Possibly from silex (“flint”) +‎ -ius. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [sɪˈlɪ.ki.ʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [siˈliː.t͡ʃi.us] === Proper noun === Silicius m sg (genitive Siliciī or Silicī); second declension a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by: Publius Silicius Coronas, a Roman senator ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun, singular only. 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