Pacuvius

Pacuvius

Latin

Etymology

    From Pācuus + -ius.

    Pronunciation

    Proper noun

    Pācuvius m sg (genitive Pācuviī or Pācuvī); second declension

    1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
      1. Marcus Pacuvius, a famous Roman poet

    Declension

    Second-declension noun, singular only.

    singular
    nominative Pācuvius
    genitive Pācuviī
    Pācuvī1
    dative Pācuviō
    accusative Pācuvium
    ablative Pācuviō
    vocative Pācuvī

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

    Derived terms

    • Pācuvia
    • Pācuviānus

    References

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