Mauricius

Czech

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈmau̯rɪt͡sɪus]

Proper noun

Mauricius m inan (related adjective mauricijský)

  1. Mauritius (an island and country in East Africa, in the Indian Ocean; capital: Port Louis)

Declension
Declension of Mauricius (sg-only semisoft masculine inanimate foreign)
singular
nominative Mauricius
genitive Mauricia
dative Mauriciu
accusative Mauricius
vocative Mauricie
locative Mauriciu
instrumental Mauriciem

Further reading
  • Mauricius in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
  • Mauricius in Internetová jazyková příručka

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Μαυρίκιος (Mauríkios, “Maurice”).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /mau̯ˈri.ki.us/, [mäu̯ˈrɪkiʊs̠]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /mau̯ˈri.t͡ʃi.us/, [mäu̯ˈriːt͡ʃius]

Proper noun

Mauricius m sg (genitive Mauriciī or Mauricī); second declension

  1. An East Roman Emperor, Maurice

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Mauricius
Genitive Mauriciī
Mauricī1
Dative Mauriciō
Accusative Mauricium
Ablative Mauriciō
Vocative Mauricī

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

Descendants
  • → Italian: Maurizio
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