Flavius

See also: flavius

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Flavius.

Proper noun

Flavius

  1. A male given name.

Latin

Etymology

Probably from flāvus +‎ -ius.

Pronunciation

Adjective

Flāvius (feminine Flāvia, neuter Flāvium); first/second-declension adjective

  1. of the Flavian gens

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative Flāvius Flāvia Flāvium Flāviī Flāviae Flāvia
genitive Flāviī Flāviae Flāviī Flāviōrum Flāviārum Flāviōrum
dative Flāviō Flāviae Flāviō Flāviīs
accusative Flāvium Flāviam Flāvium Flāviōs Flāviās Flāvia
ablative Flāviō Flāviā Flāviō Flāviīs
vocative Flāvie Flāvia Flāvium Flāviī Flāviae Flāvia

Descendants

  • Portuguese: Chaves
  • Ancient Greek: Φλᾱ́βιος (Phlā́bios)

Proper noun

Flāvius m (genitive Flāviī or Flāvī); second declension

  1. Flavius

Declension

Second-declension noun.

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

Descendants

References

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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Flavius.

Proper noun

Flavius m

  1. a male given name