eius

See also: -eius

Latin

Alternative forms

• ejus, eiius, eijus, ejjus

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈei̯.i̯us/, [ˈɛi̯ːʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈe.jus/, [ˈɛːjus]

Determiner

eius

1. genitive singular of is, ea, id (“anaphoric/cataphoric determiner”): his, of him, her, of her, its, of it; of this/of that
   • 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Daniel.1.2:

     Et tradidit Dominus in manu eius Ioachim regem Iudae.

     And the Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand.

Descendants

• Sardinian: eju

See also

• suus, sua, suum

Further reading

• “eius”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• eius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • nothing will ever make me forgetful of him: memoriam eius nulla umquam delebit (obscurabit) oblivio (Fam. 2. 1)
    
  • nothing will ever make me forgetful of him: semper memoria eius in (omnium) mentibus haerebit
    
  • no word escaped him: nullum verbum ex ore eius excidit (or simply ei)
    
  • he is in a suspicious mood: suspicio insidet in animo ejus