Helvidius

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Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Proper noun

Helvidius m sg (genitive Helvidiī or Helvidī); second declension

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

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

singular
nominative Helvidius
genitive Helvidiī
Helvidī1
dative Helvidiō
accusative Helvidium
ablative Helvidiō
vocative Helvidī

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

References

  • Helvidius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Helvidius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.