Stygius

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See also: stygius

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Στῠ́γῐος (Stúgios, “stygian”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

Stygius (feminine Stygia, neuter Stygium); first/second-declension adjective

  1. of the Styx, Stygian
  2. of the lower world, infernal
  3. deadly, fatal, pernicious, awful

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative Stygius Stygia Stygium Stygiī Stygiae Stygia
genitive Stygiī Stygiae Stygiī Stygiōrum Stygiārum Stygiōrum
dative Stygiō Stygiae Stygiō Stygiīs
accusative Stygium Stygiam Stygium Stygiōs Stygiās Stygia
ablative Stygiō Stygiā Stygiō Stygiīs
vocative Stygie Stygia Stygium Stygiī Stygiae Stygia

Derived terms

Descendants

  • English: Stygian

References

  • “Stygius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “Stygius”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • Stygius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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