Vibius

Latin

Etymology

A Sabellic name, from Oscan 𐌅𐌉(𐌝)𐌁𐌉𐌔 (vi(í)bis) or Umbrian - cf. Etruscan 𐌅𐌉𐌐𐌉𐌄 (vipie).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯iː.bi.us/, [ˈu̯iːbiʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈvi.bi.us/, [ˈviːbius]

Proper noun

Vībius m sg (genitive Vībiī or Vībī); second declension

1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
   1. Gaius Vibius Pansa Caetronianus, a Roman consul
   2. Vibius Sequester, a Roman writer

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Vībius
Genitive	Vībiī Vībī1
Dative	Vībiō
Accusative	Vībium
Ablative	Vībiō
Vocative	Vībī

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

Derived terms

• Vībia

References

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