Axius

Axius

Latin

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

    Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀξιός (Axiós).

    Proper noun

    Axius m sg (genitive Axiī or Axī); second declension

    1. A river of Macedonia, now the Vardar
    Declension

    Second-declension noun, singular only.

    singular
    nominative Axius
    genitive Axiī
    Axī1
    dative Axiō
    accusative Axium
    ablative Axiō
    vocative Axī

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

    Etymology 2

    Related to Etruscan 𐌀𐌂𐌔𐌉 (Acsi, the Axia gens).

    Proper noun

    Axius m sg (genitive Axiī or Axī); second declension

    1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
      1. Quintus Axius, a Roman senator
    Declension

    Second-declension noun, singular only.

    singular
    nominative Axius
    genitive Axiī
    Axī1
    dative Axiō
    accusative Axium
    ablative Axiō
    vocative Axī

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

    Derived terms
    • Axiānus

    References

    • Axius2”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • Axius”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.