Octavius
See also: octavius
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin Octāvius, name of a Roman gens.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Octavius
- A male given name from Latin, in occasional use.
Translations edit
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From octāvus (“eighth”) + -ius.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /okˈtaː.u̯i.us/, [ɔkˈt̪äːu̯iʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /okˈta.vi.us/, [okˈt̪äːvius]
Proper noun edit
Octāvius m sg (genitive Octāviī or Octāvī); second declension
- a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
Declension edit
Second-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Octāvius |
Genitive | Octāviī Octāvī1 |
Dative | Octāviō |
Accusative | Octāvium |
Ablative | Octāviō |
Vocative | Octāvī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “Octavius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Octavius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette