gentilicius

gentilicius

Latin

Alternative forms

• gentīlitius

Etymology

From gentīlis (“of or belonging to a gens”) +‎ -icius (suffix forming adjectives).[1][2]

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ɡen.tiːˈli.ki.us/, [ɡɛn̪t̪iːˈlʲɪkiʊs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒen.tiˈli.t͡ʃi.us/, [d͡ʒen̪t̪iˈliːt͡ʃius]

Adjective

gentīlicius (feminine gentīlicia, neuter gentīlicium); first/second-declension adjective

1. belonging to a particular Roman gens
2. tribal, national

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	gentīlicius	gentīlicia	gentīlicium		gentīliciī	gentīliciae	gentīlicia
Genitive	gentīliciī	gentīliciae	gentīliciī		gentīliciōrum	gentīliciārum	gentīliciōrum
Dative	gentīliciō		gentīliciō		gentīliciīs
Accusative	gentīlicium	gentīliciam	gentīlicium		gentīliciōs	gentīliciās	gentīlicia
Ablative	gentīliciō	gentīliciā	gentīliciō		gentīliciīs
Vocative	gentīlicie	gentīlicia	gentīlicium		gentīliciī	gentīliciae	gentīlicia

Derived terms

• nōmen gentīlicium

Descendants

• → Catalan: gentilici
• → English: gentilicious ⇒ gentilician, gentilicial
• → French: gentilice
• → Italian: gentilizio
• → Portuguese: gentilício
• → Spanish: gentilicio

References

• “gentilicius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “gentilicius”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• gentīlĭcĭus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 708/3
• “gentīlicius” on page 760/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
• Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976), “gentilicius”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 466/2

1. Adams, James Noel. 2013. Social variation and the Latin language. Cambridge University Press. Page 555.
2. Leumann, Manu. 1918. Die Adjektiva auf -ī̆cius. Glotta 9. 134.