Hirtius

Latin

Etymology

From hirtus (“hairy, shaggy”) +‎ -ius.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈhiːr.ti.us/, [ˈhiːrt̪iʊs̠] or IPA^(key): /ˈhir.ti.us/, [ˈhɪrt̪iʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈir.t͡si.us/, [ˈirt̪͡s̪ius]

Proper noun

Hī̆rtius m sg (genitive Hī̆rtiī or Hī̆rtī); second declension

1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
   1. Aulus Hirtius, a Roman consul

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Hī̆rtius
Genitive	Hī̆rtiī Hī̆rtī1
Dative	Hī̆rtiō
Accusative	Hī̆rtium
Ablative	Hī̆rtiō
Vocative	Hī̆rtī

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

Derived terms

• Hirtia
• Hirtiānus
• Hirtīnus

References

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