Cluvius
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈklu.u̯i.us/, [ˈkɫ̪uː̯iʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈklu.vi.us/, [ˈkluːvius]
Proper noun[edit]
Cluvius m sg (genitive Cluviī or Cluvī); second declension
- a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
- Marcus Cluvius Rufus, a Roman consul and historian
Declension[edit]
Second-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Cluvius |
Genitive | Cluviī Cluvī1 |
Dative | Cluviō |
Accusative | Cluvium |
Ablative | Cluviō |
Vocative | Cluvī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “Cluvius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Cluvius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.