Matius

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈma.ti.us/, [ˈmät̪iʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmat.t͡si.us/, [ˈmät̪ː͡s̪ius]

Proper noun

Matius m sg (genitive Matiī or Matī); second declension

1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
   1. Gaius Matius, a Roman writer

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Matius
Genitive	Matiī Matī1
Dative	Matiō
Accusative	Matium
Ablative	Matiō
Vocative	Matī

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

Derived terms

• Matia
• Matiānus

References

• “Matius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Matius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.