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Latin
Etymology
The obvious Latin connection would be with līveō (“to be livid”), but some Etruscan origin is not dismissed.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Līvius m sg (genitive Līviī or Līvī); second declension
- a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
- Livius Salinator, a Roman consul
- Livius Andronicus a Roman dramatist and poet
Declension
Second-declension noun, singular only.
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
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