Itius

Latin

Etymology

From Gaulish Ition.

Proper noun

Itius m sg (genitive Itiī or Itī); second declension

1. Latin name for a sea port on the English Channel in what is now Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France, though its precise location is unknown; mentioned by Julius Caesar
   • c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico 5.2:

     Collaudatis militibus atque eis qui negotio praefuerant, quid fieri velit ostendit atque omnes ad portum Itium convenire iubet,

     Having commended the soldiers and those who had presided over the work, he informs them what he wishes to be done, and orders all the ships to assemble at port Itius,

   • c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico 5.5:

     His rebus constitutis Caesar ad portum Itium cum legionibus pervenit.

     These matters being settled, Caesar went to port Itius with the legions.

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Itius
genitive	Itiī Itī1
dative	Itiō
accusative	Itium
ablative	Itiō
vocative	Itī

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

References

• “Itius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Itius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.