Axius

Latin

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀξιός (Axiós).

Proper noun

Axius m sg (genitive Axiī or Axī); second declension

  1. A river of Macedonia, now the Vardar
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

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