Axius
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈak.si.ʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈak.si.us]
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀξιός (Axiós).
Proper noun
Axius m sg (genitive Axiī or Axī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun, singular only.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Axius |
| genitive | Axiī Axī1 |
| dative | Axiō |
| accusative | Axium |
| ablative | Axiō |
| vocative | Axī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Etymology 2
Related to Etruscan 𐌀𐌂𐌔𐌉 (Acsi, “the Axia gens”).
Proper noun
Axius m sg (genitive Axiī or Axī); second declension
- a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
- Quintus Axius, a Roman senator
Declension
Second-declension noun, singular only.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Axius |
| genitive | Axiī Axī1 |
| dative | Axiō |
| accusative | Axium |
| ablative | Axiō |
| vocative | Axī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Derived terms
- Axiānus
References
- “Axius2”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Axius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.