Sergius
English edit
Etymology edit
A saint's name, from Latin Sergius. Doublet of Sergey.
Proper noun edit
Sergius
- A male given name from Latin.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Acts 13:7:
- Which was with the deputy of the country, Sergius Paulus, a prudent man; who called for Barnabas and Saul, and desired to hear the word of God.
Usage notes edit
The English name is mainly historical, but many of the foreign cognates are popular given names.
Related terms edit
Translations edit
male given name
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Anagrams edit
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Originally a Roman gens name, or "family name", of obscure meaning. Probably of Etruscan origin,[1] meaning "servant."[2]
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈser.ɡi.us/, [ˈs̠ɛrɡiʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈser.d͡ʒi.us/, [ˈsɛrd͡ʒius]
Proper noun edit
Sergius m sg (genitive Sergiī or Sergī); second declension
- a male given name
Declension edit
Second-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
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Nominative | Sergius |
Genitive | Sergiī Sergī1 |
Dative | Sergiō |
Accusative | Sergium |
Ablative | Sergiō |
Vocative | Sergī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Descendants edit
- Ancient Greek: Σέργιος (Sérgios)
- Catalan: Sergi
- Classical Syriac: ܣܪܓܝܣ (Sargis)
- French: Serge
- Armenian: Սերժ (Serž)
- Italian: Sergio
- Polish: Sergiusz
- Portuguese: Sérgio
- Romanian: Sergiu
- Spanish: Sergio
- Albanian: Shirgji
References edit
- “Sergius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Sergius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.