Octavius

See also: octavius

English

Etymology

From Latin Octāvius, name of a Roman gens.

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ɒkˈteɪvɪəs/

Proper noun

Octavius

  1. A male given name from Latin, in occasional use.

Translations

Latin

Etymology

From octāvus (“eighth”) +‎ -ius.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /okˈtaː.u̯i.us/, [ɔkˈt̪äːu̯iʊs̠]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /okˈta.vi.us/, [okˈt̪äːvius]

Proper noun

Octāvius m sg (genitive Octāviī or Octāvī); second declension

  1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
    1. Augustus, the first Roman emperor

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Octāvius
Genitive Octāviī
Octāvī1
Dative Octāviō
Accusative Octāvium
Ablative Octāviō
Vocative Octāvī

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

Derived terms

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