cuius

Latin

Alternative forms

• cujus

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkui̯.i̯us/, [ˈkʊi̯ːʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈku.jus/, [ˈkuːjus]

Etymology 1

Inflection of quī (“who, which”) (relative pronoun).

Pronoun

1. genitive masculine singular of quī
2. genitive feminine singular of quī
3. genitive neuter singular of quī

Etymology 2

Inflection of quis (“who?, what?”) (interrogative pronoun).

Pronoun

1. genitive masculine singular of quis
2. genitive feminine singular of quis
3. genitive neuter singular of quis

Etymology 3

From older quōius, from quis, quī.

Determiner

cuius (feminine cuia, neuter cuium); first/second-declension determiner

1. (interrogative) whose?
2. (relative) whose

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	cuius	cuia	cuium		cuiī	cuiae	cuia
Genitive	cuiī	cuiae	cuiī		cuiōrum	cuiārum	cuiōrum
Dative	cuiō		cuiō		cuiīs
Accusative	cuium	cuiam	cuium		cuiōs	cuiās	cuia
Ablative	cuiō	cuiā	cuiō		cuiīs
Vocative	cuie	cuia	cuium		cuiī	cuiae	cuia

Descendants

• Galician: cuxo
• Italian: cui
• Old French: cui
• Portuguese: cujo
• Spanish: cuyo

References

• “cuius”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• cujus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.