Maevius
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Latin
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈmae̯.u̯i.us/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈme.vi.us/,
Proper noun
Maevius m sg (genitive Maeviī or Maevī); second declension
- a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
Declension
Second-declension noun, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Maevius |
| Genitive | Maeviī Maevī1 |
| Dative | Maeviō |
| Accusative | Maevium |
| Ablative | Maeviō |
| Vocative | Maevī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Derived terms
References
- “Maevius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Maevius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Maevius”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray