Cassius

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English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin Cassius, a Roman name derived from the gens Cassia.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Cassius

  1. A male given name from Latin.
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Translations

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Latin

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Etymology

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Nominative singular deriving from the gens Cassia, a Roman family of antiquity. From cassus (empty, hollow, lacking; useless, pointless) +‎ -ius.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Cassius m sg (genitive Cassiī or Cassī); second declension

  1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" held by many Roman politicians, historians and other notable individuals. See Cassia gens.

Declension

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Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Cassius
Genitive Cassiī
Cassī1
Dative Cassiō
Accusative Cassium
Ablative Cassiō
Vocative Cassī

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

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Ancient Greek: Κάσσιος (Kássios)
  • English: Cassius

References

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