Mauricius

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmau̯rɪt͡sɪjus]

Proper noun

Mauricius m inan (related adjective mauricijský, demonym Mauricijec)

1. Mauritius (A country in the Indian Ocean, east of East Africa and Madagascar)
2. Mauritius (The main island of the country of Mauritius)

Declension

Declension of Mauricius (sg-only semisoft masculine inanimate foreign)

	singular
nominative	Mauricius
genitive	Mauricia
dative	Mauriciu
accusative	Mauricius
vocative	Mauricie
locative	Mauriciu
instrumental	Mauriciem

Further reading

• “Mauricius”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
• “Mauricius”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Latin

Alternative forms

• Mauritius

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Μαυρίκιος (Mauríkios, “Maurice”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /mau̯ˈri.ki.us/, [mäu̯ˈrɪkiʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /mau̯ˈri.t͡ʃi.us/, [mäu̯ˈriːt͡ʃius]

Proper noun

Mauricius m sg (genitive Mauriciī or Mauricī); second declension

1. An East Roman Emperor, Maurice

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Mauricius
Genitive	Mauriciī Mauricī1
Dative	Mauriciō
Accusative	Mauricium
Ablative	Mauriciō
Vocative	Mauricī

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

Descendants

• → Italian: Maurizio
• → Welsh: Meurig