Statius (praenomen)

Statius is a Italic praenomen, or personal name, which was used during the period of the Roman Republic, and into imperial times. It was not widely used at Rome, but gave rise to the patronymic gentes Statia and Statilia. The feminine form is Statia. As it was not widespread in Latin. Statius was not regularly abbreviated, but is sometimes found with the abbreviations St. and Sta.^[1]^[2]

^ Realencyclopädie der Classischen Altertumswissenschaft
^ George Davis Chase, "The Origin of Roman Praenomina", in Harvard Studies in Classical Philology, vol. VIII (1897)

[1] Realencyclopädie der Classischen Altertumswissenschaft

[2] George Davis Chase, "The Origin of Roman Praenomina", in Harvard Studies in Classical Philology, vol. VIII (1897)

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