Eugenius
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See also: eugenius
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin Eugenius, from Ancient Greek Εὐγένιος (Eugénios). Doublet of Eugene and Yevgeny.
Proper noun
Eugenius
- A male given name from Latin
- 1982 February 4, Fred Pearce, “The end of the pier show”, in New Scientist, volume 93, number 1291, pages 298–299:
- Most were built using screw-piles and 10 of them were designed by the great leader of his craft Eugenius Birch.
Translations
given name — see also Eugene
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /eu̯ˈɡe.ni.us/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /eu̯ˈd͡ʒe.ni.us/,
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Εὐγένιος (Eugénios, from εὐγενής (eugenḗs, “well-born”) + -ιος (-ios, adjective suffix)).
Proper noun
Eugenius m (genitive Eugeniī); second declension
- A Roman cognomen and later a male given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Eugene
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Eugenius | Eugeniī |
| genitive | Eugeniī | Eugeniōrum |
| dative | Eugeniō | Eugeniīs |
| accusative | Eugenium | Eugeniōs |
| ablative | Eugeniō | Eugeniīs |
| vocative | Eugenī | Eugeniī |
Related terms
Descendants
- Catalan: Eugeni
- French: Eugène
- Italian: Eugenio
- Occitan: Eugèni
- Portuguese: Eugênio, Eugénio
- Romanian: Eugen
- Spanish: Eugenio
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Old Welsh Eugein, from Proto-Brythonic *Awɨɣėn.
Proper noun
Eugenius m (genitive Eugeniī); second declension
- (Medieval Latin) A male given name from Old Welsh, equivalent to English Owen or Welsh Owain
- c. 1125, William of Malmesbury, Gesta Regum Anglorum; republished as William Stubbs, editor, Willelmi Malmesbiriensis Monachi De Gestis Regum Anglorum Libri Quinque , volume 1, 1887, page 147:
- Fugit tunc Analafus filius Sihctrici Hiberniam, et Godefridus frater ejus Scotiam; subsecuti sunt e vestigio regales, missi ad Constantinum regem Scottorum et Eugenium regem Cumbrorum, transfugam eum denuntiatione belli repetentes.
- Anlaf son of Sitric thereupon fled to Ireland, and his brother Gofraid to Scotland; royal messengers sent to Constantine the king of the Scots and Owain king of the Cumbrians followed in his footsteps, demanding the return of the fugitive under threat of war.
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Eugenius | Eugeniī |
| genitive | Eugeniī | Eugeniōrum |
| dative | Eugeniō | Eugeniīs |
| accusative | Eugenium | Eugeniōs |
| ablative | Eugeniō | Eugeniīs |
| vocative | Eugenī | Eugeniī |
References
- Eugenius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.