Flavius

See also: flavius

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Flavius.

Proper noun

Flavius

1. A male given name.

External links

• Behind the Name: Meaning, origin, and history of the name Flavius

Latin

Etymology

Probably from flāvus +‎ -ius.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈflaː.u̯i.us/, [ˈfɫ̪äːu̯iʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfla.vi.us/, [ˈfläːvius]

Adjective

Flāvius (feminine Flāvia, neuter Flāvium); first/second-declension adjective

1. of the Flavian gens

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	Flāvius	Flāvia	Flāvium		Flāviī	Flāviae	Flāvia
Genitive	Flāviī	Flāviae	Flāviī		Flāviōrum	Flāviārum	Flāviōrum
Dative	Flāviō		Flāviō		Flāviīs
Accusative	Flāvium	Flāviam	Flāvium		Flāviōs	Flāviās	Flāvia
Ablative	Flāviō	Flāviā	Flāviō		Flāviīs
Vocative	Flāvie	Flāvia	Flāvium		Flāviī	Flāviae	Flāvia

Descendants

• Portuguese: Chaves
• → Ancient Greek: Φλᾱ́βιος (Phlā́bios)

Proper noun

Flāvius m (genitive Flāviī or Flāvī); second declension

1. Flavius

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	Flāvius	Flāviī
Genitive	Flāviī Flāvī1	Flāviōrum
Dative	Flāviō	Flāviīs
Accusative	Flāvium	Flāviōs
Ablative	Flāviō	Flāviīs
Vocative	Flāvī	Flāviī

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

Related terms

• Flāvia f

Descendants

• Galician: Chave, ⇒ Vilachave
• Portuguese: Chave m
• → Ancient Greek: Φλάβιος m (Phlábios), Φλᾱούῐος (Phlāoúios), Φλαύῐος (Phlaúios)
  • Greek: Φλάβιος m (Flávios)

References

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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Flavius.

Proper noun

Flavius m

1. a male given name