Vitruvius
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Latin
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /u̯iˈtruː.u̯i.us/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /viˈtru.vi.us/,
Proper noun
Vitrūvius m sg (genitive Vitrūviī or Vitrūvī); second declension
- a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
- Marcus Vitruvius Pollio, a Roman architect
Declension
Second-declension noun, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Vitrūvius |
| Genitive | Vitrūviī Vitrūvī1 |
| Dative | Vitrūviō |
| Accusative | Vitrūvium |
| Ablative | Vitrūviō |
| Vocative | Vitrūvī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Derived terms
Descendants
- Armenian: Վիտրուվիոս (Vitruvios)
- Catalan: Vitruvi
- French: Vitruve
- German: Vitruv
- Italian: Vitruvio
- Latvian: Vitrūvijs
- Lithuanian: Vitruvijus
- Polish: Witruwiusz
- Portuguese: Vitrúvio
- Romanian: Vitruviu
- Russian: Витру́вий (Vitrúvij)
- Spanish: Vitruvio
References
- “Vitruvius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Vitruvius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.