Tatius

== Latin == === Etymology === Of uncertain origin, but possibly related to tata (“father, dad”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈta.ti.ʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈtat.t͡si.us] === Proper noun === Tatius m sg (genitive Tatiī or Tatī); second declension (Roman mythology) Titus Tatius, mythological king of the Sabini, later on the joint ruler with Romulus in young Rome ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun, singular only. 1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age). ==== Descendants ==== → Italian: Tazio === References === “Tatius”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Tatius in Georges, Karl Ernst; Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918), Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung “Tatius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press