Suillius

Latin

Etymology

From suillus (“swine”) +‎ -ius.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Suīllius m sg (genitive Suīlliī or Suīllī); second declension

1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
   1. Marcus Suillius Nerullinus, a Roman senator

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Suīllius
genitive	Suīlliī Suīllī1
dative	Suīlliō
accusative	Suīllium
ablative	Suīlliō
vocative	Suīllī

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

References

• “Nerulinus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray