Helvius

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Latin

Etymology

From helvus (“honey-yellow”) +‎ -ius.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Helvius m sg (genitive Helviī or Helvī); second declension

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

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Helvius
Genitive Helviī
Helvī1
Dative Helviō
Accusative Helvium
Ablative Helviō
Vocative Helvī

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

Derived terms

References

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