Gessius

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈɡes.si.us/, [ˈɡɛs̠ːiʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒes.si.us/, [ˈd͡ʒɛsːius]

Proper noun

Gessius m sg (genitive Gessiī or Gessī); second declension

1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
   1. Gessius Florus, a Roman procurator

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Gessius
Genitive	Gessiī Gessī1
Dative	Gessiō
Accusative	Gessium
Ablative	Gessiō
Vocative	Gessī

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

Derived terms

• Gessia

References

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