Lutatius

Latin

Alternative forms

  • Luctātius

Etymology

According to the philologist George Davis Chase, the name may derive from *lutatus (“muddied”), itself perhaps derived from lutum (“soil, mud”).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Lutātius m sg (genitive Lutātiī or Lutātī); second declension

  1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
    1. Gaius Lutatius Catulus, a Roman commander

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

singular
nominative Lutātius
genitive Lutātiī
Lutātī1
dative Lutātiō
accusative Lutātium
ablative Lutātiō
vocative Lutātī

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

Derived terms

  • Lutātia
  • Lutātiānus

References

  • “Lutatius”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • George Davis Chase (1897), “The Origin of Roman Praenomina”, in Harvard Studies in Classical Philology‎[1], volume 8, →DOI, →ISSN, page 127
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