Tullius
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== Latin ==
=== Etymology ===
Possibly from tullius (“waterfall, downpour”) or related to tollere (“to raise”)
=== Pronunciation ===
(Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈtʊl.li.ʊs]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈtul.li.us]
=== Proper noun ===
Tullius m (genitive Tulliī or Tullī); second declension
a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
Servius Tullius, a Roman king
Marcus Tullius Cicero, a famous Roman orator
==== Declension ====
Second-declension noun.
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
==== Derived terms ====
Tullia
Tulliānus
==== Descendants ====
→ Ancient Greek: Τούλλιος (Toúllios)
=== References ===
“Tullius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“Tullius”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.