Helvius
Latin
Etymology
From helvus (“honey-yellow”) + -ius.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈhɛɫ.wi.ʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈɛl.vi.us]
Proper noun
Helvius m sg (genitive Helviī or Helvī); second declension
- a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
- Publius Helvius Pertinax, a Roman emperor
Declension
Second-declension noun, singular only.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Helvius |
| genitive | Helviī Helvī1 |
| dative | Helviō |
| accusative | Helvium |
| ablative | Helviō |
| vocative | Helvī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Derived terms
- Helvia
References
- “Helvius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Helvius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.