Gavius
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Latin[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Said to have two origins, one being a Latin variant of Gaius, the other being used by tribes of Oscan and Sabine origin, such as Gavius Pontius.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈɡaː.u̯i.us/, [ˈɡäːu̯iʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈɡa.vi.us/, [ˈɡäːvius]
Proper noun[edit]
Gāvius m sg (genitive Gāviī or Gāvī); second declension
- a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
- Marcus Gavius Apicius, a Roman cookbook writer
Declension[edit]
Second-declension noun, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Gāvius |
| Genitive | Gāviī Gāvī1 |
| Dative | Gāviō |
| Accusative | Gāvium |
| Ablative | Gāviō |
| Vocative | Gāvī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “Gavius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Gavius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- George Davis Chase, "The Origin of Roman Praenomina", in Harvard Studies in Classical Philology, vol. VIII (1897).