Fulvius

Latin

Etymology

From fulvus (“tawny”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈful.u̯i.us/, [ˈfʊɫ̪u̯iʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈful.vi.us/, [ˈfulvius]

Proper noun

Fulvius m sg (genitive Fulviī or Fulvī); second declension

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

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Fulvius
Genitive	Fulviī Fulvī1
Dative	Fulviō
Accusative	Fulvium
Ablative	Fulviō
Vocative	Fulvī

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

Derived terms

• Fulvia
• Fulviānus
• Forum Fulvii

References

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