See also: octavius

English

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Etymology

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From Latin Octāvius, name of a Roman gens.

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Octavius

  1. A male given name from Latin, in occasional use.

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Latin

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Etymology

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From octāvus (eighth) +‎ -ius.

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Proper noun

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Octāvius m sg (genitive Octāviī or Octāvī); second declension

  1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
    1. Augustus, the first Roman emperor

Declension

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Second-declension noun, singular only.

singular
nominative Octāvius
genitive Octāviī
Octāvī1
dative Octāviō
accusative Octāvium
ablative Octāviō
vocative Octāvī

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

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Descendants

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  • Catalan: Octavi
  • French: Octave
  • Italian: Ottavio
  • Portuguese: Otávio
  • Romanian: Octav
  • Spanish: Octavio

References

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  • 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.