Arius

See also: aríus and -arius

English

Etymology

From Latin Arīus, from Ancient Greek Ἄρειος (Áreios), from Ἄρης (Árēs).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛəɹi.əs/

Proper noun

Arius

1. A transliteration of the Ancient Greek male given name Ἄρειος (Áreios), Arius, notably borne by Arius, circa 250–336, a priest in Alexandria, the founder of Arianism.

Related terms

• Arian

Translations

Greek name

• Arabic: آرْيُوس (ʔāryūs)
• Armenian: Արիոս (Arios)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 阿里烏斯 / 阿里乌斯 (Ālǐwūsī)

• French: Arius (fr)
• German: Arius
• Greek: Άρειος (el) (Áreios)

  Ancient Greek: Ἄρειος (Áreios)

• Italian: Ario (it)
• Latin: Arīus
• Portuguese: Ário (pt) m
• Russian: А́рий (ru) (Árij)
• Spanish: Arrio m
• Swedish: Arius c

Anagrams

• Urias

Latin

View of the river

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀριός (Ariós).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈa.ri.ʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈaː.ri.us]

Proper noun

Arius m sg (genitive Ariī or Arī); second declension

1. The main river of Aria, now the Hari (Afghanistan)

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Arius
genitive	Ariī Arī1
dative	Ariō
accusative	Arium
ablative	Ariō
vocative	Arī

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

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἄρειος (Áreios, from Ἄρης (Árēs, “Ares”) +‎ -ιος (-ios)).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [aˈriː.ʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [aˈriː.us]

Proper noun

Arīus m sg (genitive Arīī); second declension

1. a male given name from Ancient Greek, held most famously by Arius, Christian theologian and proverbial heretic (c. 250 – 336 CE)

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Arīus
genitive	Arīī
dative	Arīō
accusative	Arīum
ablative	Arīō
vocative	Arī

Alternative forms

• Arrius

References

• “Arius”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Arius”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• Souter, Alexander (1949), “Arius”, in A Glossary of Later Latin to 600 A.D.‎^[1], 1st edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press, published 1957, page 22

Old English

Etymology

From Latin Arīus, from Ancient Greek Ἄρειος (Áreios), from Ἄρης (Árēs).

Proper noun

Arīus m

1. a male given name

References

• Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “Aríus”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Swedish

Proper noun

Arius c (genitive Arius)

1. Arius (the founder of Arianism)

Related terms

• arian

Further reading

• Arius in Nordisk familjebok (2nd ed., 1904)