Calvisius
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kalˈu̯i.si.us/, [käɫ̪ˈu̯ɪs̠iʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kalˈvi.si.us/, [kälˈviːs̬ius]
Proper noun[edit]
Calvisius m sg (genitive Calvisiī or Calvisī); second declension
- a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
- Gaius Calvisius Sabinus, a Roman consul
Declension[edit]
Second-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Calvisius |
Genitive | Calvisiī Calvisī1 |
Dative | Calvisiō |
Accusative | Calvisium |
Ablative | Calvisiō |
Vocative | Calvisī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “Calvisius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Calvisius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.