Axius
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Latin[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈak.si.us/, [ˈäks̠iʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈak.si.us/, [ˈäksius]
Etymology 1[edit]
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀξιός (Axiós).
Proper noun[edit]
Axius m sg (genitive Axiī or Axī); second declension
Declension[edit]
Second-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Axius |
Genitive | Axiī Axī1 |
Dative | Axiō |
Accusative | Axium |
Ablative | Axiō |
Vocative | Axī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Etymology 2[edit]
Related to Etruscan 𐌀𐌂𐌔𐌉 (Acsi, “the Axia gens”).
Proper noun[edit]
Axius m sg (genitive Axiī or Axī); second declension
- a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
- Quintus Axius, a Roman senator
Declension[edit]
Second-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Axius |
Genitive | Axiī Axī1 |
Dative | Axiō |
Accusative | Axium |
Ablative | Axiō |
Vocative | Axī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “Axius2”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Axius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.