See also: octavius

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Etymology edit

From Latin Octāvius, name of a Roman gens.

Pronunciation edit

Proper noun edit

Octavius

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

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Latin edit

 
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Etymology edit

From octāvus (eighth) +‎ -ius.

Pronunciation edit

Proper noun edit

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 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).

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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