Octavius
See also: octavius
English
Etymology
From Latin Octāvius, name of a Roman gens.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ɒkˈteɪvɪəs/
Proper noun
Octavius
- A male given name from Latin, in occasional use.
Derived terms
Translations
male given name
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Latin
Etymology
From octāvus (“eighth”) + -ius.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɔkˈtaː.wi.ʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [okˈtaː.vi.us]
Proper noun
Octāvius m sg (genitive Octāviī or Octāvī); second declension
- a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
Declension
Second-declension noun, singular only.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Octāvius |
| genitive | Octāviī Octāvī1 |
| dative | Octāviō |
| accusative | Octāvium |
| ablative | Octāviō |
| vocative | Octāvī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Derived terms
- Octāvia
- Octāviānus
Descendants
See also
Roman praenomina: praenominaedit
References
- “Octavius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Octavius”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.