Julius

See also: július, Július, and Júlíus

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Iūlius, of uncertain origin, possibly from Ancient Greek ἴουλος (íoulos, “downy first beard hairs”), i.e. the young, or from Latin Jovilius (“devoted to Jove”). Doublet of Jules.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒuːliəs/, /ˈd͡ʒuːljəs/

• Audio (southern England)

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• (Appalachians, obsolete) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒuːləs/
• Rhymes: -uːliəs

Proper noun

Julius

1. A male given name from Latin.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Acts 27:1:

     :

     And when it was determined that we should sail into Italy, they delivered Paul and certain other prisoners unto one named Julius, a centurion of Augustus' band.

Related terms

• July (the month)
• Julian
• Julia, Juliana, Gillian, Jill

Translations

male given name

• Arabic: يُولِيُوس‎ m (yūliyūs)
• Armenian: Հուլիոս (Hulios)
• Belarusian: Ю́лій m (Júlij)
• Bulgarian: Ю́лий m (Júlij)
• Catalan: Juli (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 尤利烏斯／尤利乌斯 (Yóulìwūsī)

• Coptic: ⲓⲟⲩⲗⲓⲟⲥ (ioulios)
• Czech: Julius (cs) m
• Danish: Julius
• Finnish: Julius (fi)
• French: Jules (fr)
• Galician: Xulio (gl) m
• Georgian: იულიუს (iulius)
• German: Julius (de)
• Greek: Ιούλιος (el) m (Ioúlios)

  Ancient: Ἰούλιος m (Ioúlios)

• Hebrew: יוּלִי‎ (he) m (yúli)
• Hindi: जुलियस m (juliyas)
• Hungarian: Gyula (hu)
• Icelandic: Július (is)
• Irish: Iúil (ga) m
• Italian: Giulio (it)
• Japanese: ユリウス (Yuriusu)
• Korean: 율리우스 (Yulliuseu)
• Latin: Iūlius (la)
• Latvian: Jūlijs m
• Macedonian: Јулиј m (Julij)
• Manx: Jool m
• Marathi: जुलियस m (juliyas)
• Polish: Juliusz (pl) m, Julek (pl) m
• Portuguese: Júlio (pt) m
• Romanian: Iuliu (ro) m
• Russian: Ю́лий (ru) m (Júlij)
• Slovak: Július m
• Slovene: Julij (sl) m
• Spanish: Julio (es)
• Swedish: Julius (sv)
• Tagalog: Julio (from Spanish)
• Ukrainian: Ю́лій m (Júlij)
• Vietnamese: Giuliô

Cebuano

Etymology

From English Julius, borrowed from Latin Iūlius, possibly from Ancient Greek ἴουλος (íoulos, “downy first beard hairs”).

Proper noun

Julius

1. a male given name from Latin

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Julius.

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Iūlius.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈjulɪjus]

• Audio

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Proper noun

Julius m

1. a male given name from Latin

Danish

Etymology

From Latin Iūlius.

Proper noun

Julius

1. a male given name from Latin

Estonian

Etymology

From Latin Iūlius.

Proper noun

Julius

1. a male given name from Latin

Faroese

Proper noun

Julius m

1. a male given name from Latin

Usage notes

Patronymics

• son of Julius: Juliusson or Juliusarson
• daughter of Julius: Juliusdóttir or Juliusardóttir

Declension

	Singular
	Indefinite
Nominative	Julius
Accusative	Julius
Dative	Juliusi
Genitive	Juliusar, Julius

Finnish

Etymology

From Latin Iūlius.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjulius/, [ˈjulius̠]
• Rhymes: -ulius
• Syllabification^(key): Ju‧li‧us

Proper noun

Julius

1. a male given name from Latin

Declension

Inflection of Julius (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation)
nominative		Julius	Juliukset
genitive		Juliuksen	Juliusten Juliuksien
partitive		Juliusta	Juliuksia
illative		Juliukseen	Juliuksiin
		singular	plural
nominative		Julius	Juliukset
accusative	nom.	Julius	Juliukset
	gen.	Juliuksen
genitive		Juliuksen	Juliusten Juliuksien
partitive		Juliusta	Juliuksia
inessive		Juliuksessa	Juliuksissa
elative		Juliuksesta	Juliuksista
illative		Juliukseen	Juliuksiin
adessive		Juliuksella	Juliuksilla
ablative		Juliukselta	Juliuksilta
allative		Juliukselle	Juliuksille
essive		Juliuksena	Juliuksina
translative		Juliukseksi	Juliuksiksi
instructive		—	Juliuksin
abessive		Juliuksetta	Juliuksitta
comitative		—	Juliuksineen

Possessive forms of Julius (type vastaus)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	Juliukseni	Juliuksemme
2nd person	Juliuksesi	Juliuksenne
3rd person	Juliuksensa

German

Etymology

From Latin Jūlius, Iūlius.

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Proper noun

Julius m

1. a male given name from Latin

Lithuanian

Etymology

From Latin Iūlius.

Proper noun

Julius m

1. a male given name from Latin

Swedish

Etymology

From Latin Iūlius.

Proper noun

Julius c (genitive Julius)

1. a male given name from Latin