Calvisius

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kalˈu̯i.si.us/, [käɫ̪ˈu̯ɪs̠iʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kalˈvi.si.us/, [kälˈviːs̬ius]

Proper noun

Calvisius m sg (genitive Calvisiī or Calvisī); second declension

1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
   1. Gaius Calvisius Sabinus, a Roman consul

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Calvisius
Genitive	Calvisiī Calvisī1
Dative	Calvisiō
Accusative	Calvisium
Ablative	Calvisiō
Vocative	Calvisī

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

Derived terms

• Calvisia
• Calvisiāna
• Calvisiānus

References

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