Didius
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈdiː.di.us/, [ˈd̪iːd̪iʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈdi.di.us/, [ˈd̪iːd̪ius]
Proper noun[edit]
Dīdius m sg (genitive Dīdiī or Dīdī); second declension
- a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
- Didius Julianus, a Roman emperor
Declension[edit]
Second-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Dīdius |
Genitive | Dīdiī Dīdī1 |
Dative | Dīdiō |
Accusative | Dīdium |
Ablative | Dīdiō |
Vocative | Dīdī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Ancient Greek: Δίδιος (Dídios)
Adjective[edit]
Dīdius (feminine Dīdia, neuter Dīdium); first/second-declension adjective
- of or pertaining to the gens Didia.
Declension[edit]
First/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | Dīdius | Dīdia | Dīdium | Dīdiī | Dīdiae | Dīdia | |
Genitive | Dīdiī | Dīdiae | Dīdiī | Dīdiōrum | Dīdiārum | Dīdiōrum | |
Dative | Dīdiō | Dīdiō | Dīdiīs | ||||
Accusative | Dīdium | Dīdiam | Dīdium | Dīdiōs | Dīdiās | Dīdia | |
Ablative | Dīdiō | Dīdiā | Dīdiō | Dīdiīs | |||
Vocative | Dīdie | Dīdia | Dīdium | Dīdiī | Dīdiae | Dīdia |
References[edit]
- “Didius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Didius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.