Octavius

See also: octavius

English

Etymology

From Latin Octāvius, name of a Roman gens.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɒkˈteɪvɪəs/

Proper noun

Octavius

1. A male given name from Latin, in occasional use.

Translations

male given name

• Catalan: Octavi m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 屋大維／屋大维 (zh) (Wū-Dà-Wéi)

• French: Octave (fr) m
• German: Octavius
• Greek: Οκτάβιος (el) (Oktávios)

  Ancient: Ὀκταούιος (Oktaoúios), Ὀκτάβιος (Oktábios)

• Italian: Ottavio (it)
• Korean: 옥타비우스 (oktabiuseu)
• Marathi: ऑक्टेव्हियस m (ŏkṭevhiyas)
• Portuguese: Otávio (pt) m
• Romanian: Octaviu, Octavian (ro) m

Latin

Etymology

From octāvus (“eighth”) +‎ -ius.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /okˈtaː.u̯i.us/, [ɔkˈt̪äːu̯iʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /okˈta.vi.us/, [okˈt̪äːvius]

Proper noun

Octāvius m sg (genitive Octāviī or Octāvī); second declension

1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
   1. Augustus, the first Roman emperor

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	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

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.