Ausonius

English

Proper noun

Ausonius

1. Decimus Magnus Ausonius, a 4th-century Roman poet.

Translations

Roman poet

• French: Ausone m
• German: Ausonius m
• Italian: Ausonio m
• Latin: Ausonius m
• Spanish: Ausonio m

Latin

Alternative forms

• Aus. (abbreviation)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Αὐσονίᾱ (Ausoníā, “Italy”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /au̯ˈso.ni.us/, [äu̯ˈs̠ɔniʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /au̯ˈso.ni.us/, [äu̯ˈsɔːnius]

Proper noun

Ausonius m sg (genitive Ausoniī or Ausonī); second declension

1. Ausonius (Roman poet)

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Ausonius
Genitive	Ausoniī Ausonī1
Dative	Ausoniō
Accusative	Ausonium
Ablative	Ausoniō
Vocative	Ausonī

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

References

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

Further reading

• Decimus Magnus Ausonius on the Latin Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^la