pius

See also: Pius

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *pewH- (“to purify”). Cognate with Old English fǣle (“faithful, trusty, good; dear, beloved”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.us/, [ˈpi.ʊs]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.us/, [ˈpiː.us]

Adjective

pius (feminine pia, neuter pium); first/second declension

1. pious, devout
2. dutiful, loyal
3. good, blessed
4. (Late Latin) holy.

Inflection

First/second declension.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
nominative	pius	pia	pium		piī	piae	pia
genitive	piī	piae	piī		piōrum	piārum	piōrum
dative	piō		piō		piīs
accusative	pium	piam	pium		piōs	piās	pia
ablative	piō	piā	piō		piīs
vocative	pie	pia	pium		piī	piae	pia

• comparative: magis pius, superlative: piissimus

Antonyms

• impius

Derived terms

• impius
• piē
• pietās
• piō
• pium

Descendants

• Italian: pio
• Portuguese: pio
• Old French: pius, piu
  • Middle French: pieux
    • French: pieux
• Spanish: pío
• → English: pious

References

• pius in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• pius in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• pius in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• pius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • a regular, formal war: bellum iustum (pium)
    
  • (ambiguous) to show an affectionate regard for a person's memory: memoriam alicuius pie inviolateque servare
    
  • (ambiguous) to be an earnest worshipper of the gods: deos sancte, pie venerari
    
• pius in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
• pius in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

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Etymology

English fuse

Noun

pius

1. fuse