dusius

Latin

Etymology

From Gaulish *dusios (“incubus, monster”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeus- (“spirit”). Compare Proto-Slavic *duša (“spirit, soul”).

Noun

dusius m (genitive dusiī or dusī); second declension

1. a kind of evil spirit

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	dusius	dusiī
Genitive	dusiī dusī1	dusiōrum
Dative	dusiō	dusiīs
Accusative	dusium	dusiōs
Ablative	dusiō	dusiīs
Vocative	dusie	dusiī

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

References

• dusius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.