Gajus

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Latin

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Gājus m (genitive Gājī, feminine Gāja); second declension

  1. A masculine praenomen. Alternative form of Gāius.

Usage notes

  • The original pronunciation was trisyllabic Gāĭus, for which the spelling Gājus is incorrect. However, a later bisyllabic pronunciation eventually displaced the original pronunciation.

Declension

Second-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative Gājus Gāī
genitive Gājī Gājōrum
dative Gājō Gāīs
accusative Gājum Gājōs
ablative Gājō Gāīs
vocative Gāī Gāī

The noun Gājus possesses several irregularly syncopated forms in the nominative, dative, ablative, and vocative plural.