Paetus

See also: paetus

Latin

Etymology

From paetus (“blinking, squinting”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpae̯.tus/, [ˈpäe̯t̪ʊs̠]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpe.tus/, [ˈpɛːt̪us]

Proper noun

Paetus m sg (genitive Paetī); second declension

a cognomen of the gentes Aelia, Autronia, Castrinia, and others
Publius Aelius Paetus

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Paetus
Genitive	Paetī
Dative	Paetō
Accusative	Paetum
Ablative	Paetō
Vocative	Paete

Derived terms

Paetinus

References

“Paetus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Paetus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
George Davis Chase, "Origin of Roman Praenomina", Harvard Studies in Classical Philology, Vol. 8, 1897, p. 109.

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