Varius

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Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Vārus (“agnomen and cognomen”) +‎ -ius (“-y: forming adjectives”) or directly from vārus (“bent in; knock-kneed; different”) +‎ -ius. Compare Valgus and Valgius.

Pronunciation[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Varius m sg (genitive Variī or Varī); second declension

  1. a nomen (nomen gentile), a family name.
    Lucius Varius Rufus... Sextus Varius Avitus Bassianus...
     

Declension[edit]

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Varius
Genitive Variī
Varī1
Dative Variō
Accusative Varium
Ablative Variō
Vocative Varī

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

References[edit]

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