Cossutius

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kosˈsu.ti.us/, [kɔs̠ˈs̠ʊt̪iʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kosˈsut.t͡si.us/, [kosˈsut̪ː͡s̪ius]

Proper noun

Cossutius m sg (genitive Cossutiī or Cossutī); second declension

1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
   1. Decimus Cossutius, a Roman architect

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Cossutius
genitive	Cossutiī Cossutī1
dative	Cossutiō
accusative	Cossutium
ablative	Cossutiō
vocative	Cossutī

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

Derived terms

• Cossutia
• Cossutiānus

References

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