Papius
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpaː.pi.us/, [ˈpäːpiʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpa.pi.us/, [ˈpäːpius]
Proper noun[edit]
Pāpius m sg (genitive Pāpiī or Pāpī); second declension
- a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
- Gaius Papius Mutilus, a Samnite general
Declension[edit]
Second-declension noun, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Pāpius |
| Genitive | Pāpiī Pāpī1 |
| Dative | Pāpiō |
| Accusative | Pāpium |
| Ablative | Pāpiō |
| Vocative | Pāpī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Derived terms[edit]
Adjective[edit]
Pāpius (feminine Pāpia, neuter Pāpium); first/second-declension adjective
- of or pertaining to the gens Papia.
Declension[edit]
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | Pāpius | Pāpia | Pāpium | Pāpiī | Pāpiae | Pāpia | |
| Genitive | Pāpiī | Pāpiae | Pāpiī | Pāpiōrum | Pāpiārum | Pāpiōrum | |
| Dative | Pāpiō | Pāpiō | Pāpiīs | ||||
| Accusative | Pāpium | Pāpiam | Pāpium | Pāpiōs | Pāpiās | Pāpia | |
| Ablative | Pāpiō | Pāpiā | Pāpiō | Pāpiīs | |||
| Vocative | Pāpie | Pāpia | Pāpium | Pāpiī | Pāpiae | Pāpia | |
References[edit]
- “Papius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Papius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.