Iulius

See also: iulius

Latin

Alternative forms

• Jūlius

Etymology

Possibly a contraction of the Old Latin personal name *Iovilios (“descended from or pertaining to Jove”). See Iovis.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈi̯uː.li.us/, [ˈi̯uːlʲiʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈju.li.us/, [ˈjuːlius]

Proper noun

Iūlius m sg (genitive Iūliī or Iūlī); second declension

1. Julius; a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name".
2. (mēnsis~) July

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Iūlius
Genitive	Iūliī Iūlī1
Dative	Iūliō
Accusative	Iūlium
Ablative	Iūliō
Vocative	Iūlī

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

Derived terms

• iūlius

Related terms

• iūliānus
• iūliensis

Descendants

• Catalan: Juli
• Cebuano: Julius
• Czech: Julius
• Danish: Julius
• English: Julius, Julia, Julian, Gillian, Gill, hence gill
• Faroese: Julius
• Finnish: Julius
• French: Jules
• Galician: Xulio
• German: Julius
• Icelandic: Júlíus, Júlía
• Irish: Iúil, m
• Italian: Giulio
• Latvian: Jūlijs
• Polish: Juliusz
• Portuguese: Júlio
• Romanian: Iuliu
• Portuguese: Julho
• Slovak: Július
• Slovene: Julij
• Spanish: Julio
• Swedish: Julius
• Tashelhit: yulyuz

See also

• iūlius

References

• “Iulius”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Iulius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Iulius in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016