Papius

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpaː.pi.us/, [ˈpäːpiʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.pi.us/, [ˈpäːpius]

Proper noun

Pāpius m sg (genitive Pāpiī or Pāpī); second declension

1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
   1. Gaius Papius Mutilus, a Samnite general

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Pāpius
Genitive	Pāpiī Pāpī1
Dative	Pāpiō
Accusative	Pāpium
Ablative	Pāpiō
Vocative	Pāpī

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

Derived terms

• Pāpia

Adjective

Pāpius (feminine Pāpia, neuter Pāpium); first/second-declension adjective

1. of or pertaining to the gens Papia.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	Pāpius	Pāpia	Pāpium		Pāpiī	Pāpiae	Pāpia
Genitive	Pāpiī	Pāpiae	Pāpiī		Pāpiōrum	Pāpiārum	Pāpiōrum
Dative	Pāpiō		Pāpiō		Pāpiīs
Accusative	Pāpium	Pāpiam	Pāpium		Pāpiōs	Pāpiās	Pāpia
Ablative	Pāpiō	Pāpiā	Pāpiō		Pāpiīs
Vocative	Pāpie	Pāpia	Pāpium		Pāpiī	Pāpiae	Pāpia

References

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