Maevius

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Etymology[edit]

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Pronunciation[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Maevius m sg (genitive Maeviī or Maevī); second declension

  1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
    1. Maevius, a Roman poet, despised by Vergil and Horace

Declension[edit]

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Maevius
Genitive Maeviī
Maevī1
Dative Maeviō
Accusative Maevium
Ablative Maeviō
Vocative Maevī

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

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  • “Maevius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Maevius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “Maevius”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
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