"Tacitus" meaning in Latin

See Tacitus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: [ˈta.kɪ.tʊs] [Classical-Latin], [ˈtaː.t͡ʃi.tus] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) Forms: Tacitī [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], Tacitus [nominative, singular], Tacitī [genitive, singular], Tacitō [dative, singular], Tacitum [accusative, singular], Tacitō [ablative, singular], Tacite [singular, vocative]
Etymology: From tacitus (“silent”). Head templates: {{la-proper noun|Tacitus<2>}} Tacitus m sg (genitive Tacitī); second declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|Tacitus<2>}}
  1. A Roman cognomen, notably borne by Publius (or Gaius) Cornelius Tacitus (c.56-117), a historian of ancient Rome and Marcus Claudius Tacitus (c.200-275), a Roman emperor. Tags: declension-2, masculine, singular

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_text": "From tacitus (“silent”).",
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    },
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      "source": "declension",
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    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "links": [
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      ],
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      ]
    },
    {
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        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Tacitum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Tacitō",
      "links": [
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          "Tacito#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Tacite",
      "source": "declension",
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        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
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    }
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        },
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      "tags": [
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  ],
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      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
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      "ipa": "[ˈtaː.t͡ʃi.tus]",
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        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
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      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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          "Taciti#Latin"
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      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Tacitō",
      "links": [
        [
          "Tacitō",
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      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      ],
      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Tacite",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
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    }
  ],
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      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
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        "Latin proper nouns",
        "Latin second declension nouns",
        "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Pages with 3 entries",
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        ]
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        "singular"
      ]
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      "tags": [
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    },
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      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
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