See also: Pius

Kavalan

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Noun

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pius

  1. (anatomy) nape

Latin

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Etymology

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From Proto-Italic *pwījos, from Proto-Indo-European *puHyós (purifying), from *pewH-.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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pius (feminine pia, neuter pium, comparative magis pius, superlative piissimus, adverb piē); first/second-declension adjective

  1. pious, devout
  2. dutiful, loyal, conscientious
  3. good, blessed
  4. (Late Latin) holy

Declension

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First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative pius pia pium piī piae pia
Genitive piī piae piī piōrum piārum piōrum
Dative piō piō piīs
Accusative pium piam pium piōs piās pia
Ablative piō piā piō piīs
Vocative pie pia pium piī piae pia

Antonyms

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Italian: pio
  • Old French: pius, piu
  • Old Galician-Portuguese:
  • Sicilian: pìu
  • Spanish: pío
  • English: pious

References

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  • pius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • pius”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • pius in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • pius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • a regular, formal war: bellum iustum (pium)
    • (ambiguous) to show an affectionate regard for a person's memory: memoriam alicuius pie inviolateque servare
    • (ambiguous) to be an earnest worshipper of the gods: deos sancte, pie venerari
  • pius in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
  • pius”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

Tok Pisin

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Etymology

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From English fuse.

Noun

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pius

  1. fuse