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Noun
pius
- (anatomy) nape
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *pwījos, from Proto-Indo-European *puHyós (“purifying”), from *pewH-. Cognate with Old English fǣle (“faithful, trusty, good; dear, beloved”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
pius (feminine pia, neuter pium, comparative magis pius, superlative piissimus, adverb piē); first/second-declension adjective
- pious, devout
- dutiful, loyal, conscientious
- good, blessed
- (Late Latin) holy
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
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References
- “pius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “pius”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- pius in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- pius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- a regular, formal war: bellum iustum (pium)
- (ambiguous) to show an affectionate regard for a person's memory: memoriam alicuius pie inviolateque servare
- (ambiguous) to be an earnest worshipper of the gods: deos sancte, pie venerari
- pius in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
- “pius”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
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Etymology
From English fuse.
Noun
pius
- fuse