Octavius

See also: octavius

English

Etymology

From Latin Octāvius, name of a Roman gens.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɒkˈteɪvɪəs/

Proper noun

Octavius

1. A male given name from Latin, in occasional use.

Derived terms

• Dontavious

Translations

male given name

• Catalan: Octavi m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 屋大維 / 屋大维 (zh) (Wū-Dà-Wéi)

• French: Octave (fr) m
• German: Octavius
• Greek: Οκτάβιος (el) (Oktávios)

  Ancient Greek: Ὀκταούιος (Oktaoúios), Ὀκτάβιος (Oktábios)

• Italian: Ottavio (it)
• Korean: 옥타비우스 (oktabiuseu)
• Marathi: ऑक्टेव्हियस m (ŏkṭevhiyas)
• Portuguese: Otávio (pt) m
• Romanian: Octav m
• Spanish: Octavio (es) m

Latin

Etymology

From octāvus (“eighth”) +‎ -ius.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɔkˈtaː.wi.ʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [okˈtaː.vi.us]

Proper noun

Octāvius m sg (genitive Octāviī or Octāvī); second declension

1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
   1. Augustus, the first Roman emperor

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Octāvius
genitive	Octāviī Octāvī1
dative	Octāviō
accusative	Octāvium
ablative	Octāviō
vocative	Octāvī

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

Derived terms

• Octāvia
• Octāviānus

Descendants

• → Catalan: Octavi
• → French: Octave
• → Italian: Ottavio
• → Portuguese: Otávio
• → Romanian: Octav
• → Sicilian: Uttavi
• → Spanish: Octavio

See also

Roman praenomina: praenominaedit

• Amūlius
• Appius
• Aulus
• Camillus
• Decimus
• Decius
• Drūsus
• Faustus
• Flāvius
• Gāius
• Gallus
• Gnaeus
• Herius
• Hostus
• Kaesō
• Lūcius
• Mānius
• Mārcus
• Numerius
• Octāvius
• Opiter
• Postumius
• Prīmus
• Proculus
• Pūblius
• Quīntus
• Secundus
• Servius
• Sextus
• Spurius
• Tertius
• Tiberius
• Titus
• Vibius

References

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