Olybrius

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /oˈlyː.bri.us/, [ɔˈlʲyːbriʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /oˈli.bri.us/, [oˈliːbrius]

Proper noun

Olȳbrius m sg (genitive Olȳbriī or Olȳbrī); second declension

1. A Roman cognomen — famously held by:
   1. Olybrius, a Roman emperor

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Olȳbrius
Genitive	Olȳbriī Olȳbrī1
Dative	Olȳbriō
Accusative	Olȳbrium
Ablative	Olȳbriō
Vocative	Olȳbrī

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

Derived terms

• Olȳbriacus

References

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