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Latin
Etymology
From Valgus (agnomen and cognomen) + -ius (“-y”, adjective-forming suffix) or directly from valgus (“bent out; bow-legged; wry”) + -ius. Compare Varus and Varius.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Valgius m sg (genitive Valgiī or Valgī); second declension
- a nomen (nomen gentile), a Roman family name
Declension
Second-declension noun, singular only.
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Derived terms
References
- “Valgius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Valgius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.