Sergius
English
editEtymology
editA saint's name, from Latin Sergius. Doublet of Sergey.
Proper noun
editSergius
- A male given name from Latin.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Acts 13:7:
- Which was with the deputy of the country, Sergius Paulus, a prudent man; who called for Barnabas and Saul, and desired to hear the word of God.
Usage notes
editThe English name is mainly historical, but many of the foreign cognates are popular given names.
Related terms
editTranslations
editmale given name
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Anagrams
editLatin
editEtymology
editOriginally a Roman gens name, or "family name", of obscure meaning. Probably of Etruscan origin,[1] meaning "servant."[2]
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈser.ɡi.us/, [ˈs̠ɛrɡiʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈser.d͡ʒi.us/, [ˈsɛrd͡ʒius]
Proper noun
editSergius m sg (genitive Sergiī or Sergī); second declension
- a male given name
Declension
editSecond-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Sergius |
Genitive | Sergiī Sergī1 |
Dative | Sergiō |
Accusative | Sergium |
Ablative | Sergiō |
Vocative | Sergī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Descendants
edit- Ancient Greek: Σέργιος (Sérgios)
- Catalan: Sergi
- Classical Syriac: ܣܪܓܝܣ (Sargis)
- French: Serge
- Armenian: Սերժ (Serž)
- Italian: Sergio
- Polish: Sergiusz
- Portuguese: Sérgio
- Romanian: Sergiu
- Spanish: Sergio
- Albanian: Shirgji
References
edit- “Sergius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Sergius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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