Varius

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Latin

Etymology

From Vārus (agnomen and cognomen) +‎ -ius (-y, adjective-forming suffix) or directly from vārus (bent in; knock-kneed; different) +‎ -ius. Compare Valgus and Valgius.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Varius m sg (genitive Variī or Varī); second declension

  1. a nomen (nomen gentile), a family name.

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

singular
nominative Varius
genitive Variī
Varī1
dative Variō
accusative Varium
ablative Variō
vocative Varī

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

References

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