Valerius

See also: Valérius

English

Etymology

From Latin Valerius.

Proper noun

Valerius

1. A male given name from Latin of mostly historical use in English.
   • 1920 John Galsworthy, The Forsyte Saga: In Chancery:I: Chapter 2:

     "Here you are!" said George, pointing with his cigar. "Cato - Publius Valerius by Virgil out of Lydia. That's what you want. Publius Valerius is Christian enough."

     Dartie, on arriving home, had informed Winifred. She had been charmed. It was so 'chic'. And Publius Valerius became the baby's name, though it afterwards transpired that they had got hold of the inferior Cato. In 1890, however, when little Publius was nearly ten, the word 'chic' went out of fashion, and sobriety came in; Winifred began to have doubts. They were confirmed by little Publius himself, who returned from his first term at school complaining that life was a burden to him - they called him Pubby. Winifred - a woman of real decision - promptly changed his school and his name to Val, the Publius being dropped even as an initial.

Related terms

• Val
• Valeria
• Valerie

Translations

male given name

• French: Valéry (fr)
• Italian: Valerio (it)
• Latin: Valerius
• Russian: Вале́рий (ru) m (Valérij)
• Ukrainian: Вале́рій m (Valérij)

Latin

Etymology

From earlier Valesios, from valeō (“to be healthy, strong”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /u̯aˈle.ri.us/, [u̯äˈɫ̪ɛriʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /vaˈle.ri.us/, [väˈlɛːrius]

Proper noun

Valerius m sg (genitive Valeriī or Valerī); second declension

1. Name of a patrician Roman gens.

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Valerius
Genitive	Valeriī Valerī1
Dative	Valeriō
Accusative	Valerium
Ablative	Valeriō
Vocative	Valerī

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

Descendants

• French: Valéry, Valère
• Italian: Valerio, Valeria
• Romanian: Valeriu

References

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