Livius
Latin
Etymology
The obvious Latin connection would be with līveō (“to be livid”), but some Etruscan origin is not dismissed.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈliː.u̯i.us/, [ˈlʲiːu̯iʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈli.vi.us/, [ˈliːvius]
Proper noun
Līvius m sg (genitive Līviī or Līvī); second declension
- a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
- Livius Salinator, a Roman consul
- Livius Andronicus a Roman dramatist and poet
Declension
Second-declension noun, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Līvius |
| Genitive | Līviī Līvī1 |
| Dative | Līviō |
| Accusative | Līvium |
| Ablative | Līviō |
| Vocative | Līvī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Derived terms
Descendants
- Italian: Livio
References
- “Livius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Livius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 965