Camillus

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [kaˈmɪl.lʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [kaˈmil.lus]

Proper noun

Camillus m sg (genitive Camillī); second declension

1. A masculine cognomen — famously held by:
   1. Marcus Furius Camillus, a Roman statesman and politician of semi-legendary status

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Camillus
genitive	Camillī
dative	Camillō
accusative	Camillum
ablative	Camillō
vocative	Camille

Derived terms

• Camilla

References

• “Camillus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Camillus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Camillus in Georges, Karl Ernst; Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918), Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 1, Hahnsche Buchhandlung