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Phyllius
Phyllius
Latin
Proper noun
Phyllius m (genitive Phylliī or Phyllī); second declension
- a Bœotian who was in love with Cygnus
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Ovid to this entry?)
Declension
Second declension.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| nominative | Phyllius |
| genitive | Phylliī Phyllī1 |
| dative | Phylliō |
| accusative | Phyllium |
| ablative | Phylliō |
| vocative | Phyllī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
References
- Phyllĭus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “Phyllĭus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette, page 1,178/2.