Latin edit

Etymology edit

From Vārus (agnomen and cognomen) +‎ -ius (-y: forming adjectives) or directly from vārus (bent in; knock-kneed; different) +‎ -ius. Compare Valgus and Valgius.

Pronunciation edit

Proper noun edit

Varius m sg (genitive Variī or Varī); second declension

  1. a nomen (nomen gentile), a family name.

Declension edit

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Varius
Genitive Variī
Varī1
Dative Variō
Accusative Varium
Ablative Variō
Vocative Varī

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

References edit

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