Amulius

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [aˈmuː.li.ʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [aˈmuː.li.us]

Proper noun

Amūlius m sg (genitive Amūliī or Amūlī); second declension

1. (Roman mythology) A mythical king of Alba Longa, who ordered to drown Romulus and Remus in the Tiber

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Amūlius
genitive	Amūliī Amūlī1
dative	Amūliō
accusative	Amūlium
ablative	Amūliō
vocative	Amūlī

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Descendants

• Ancient Greek: Ἀμούλιος (Amoúlios)
• Italian: Amulio

References

• “Amulius”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Amulius”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray