Cluvius

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈklu.u̯i.us/, [ˈkɫ̪uː̯iʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈklu.vi.us/, [ˈkluːvius]

Proper noun

Cluvius m sg (genitive Cluviī or Cluvī); second declension

1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
   1. Marcus Cluvius Rufus, a Roman consul and historian

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Cluvius
Genitive	Cluviī Cluvī1
Dative	Cluviō
Accusative	Cluvium
Ablative	Cluviō
Vocative	Cluvī

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

Derived terms

• Cluvia
• Cluviānus

References

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