Karolus

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈka.rɔ.ɫʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈkaː.ro.lus]

Karolus m sg (genitive Karolī); second declension

1. (Medieval Latin) a male given name from Old High German Karl [in turn from Proto-Germanic *karilaz (“free man”)], variant of Carolus, equivalent to English Karl, Carl, or Charles
   • c. 812 CE – 814 CE, denarius:

     KAROLVS IMP[ERATOR] AVG[VSTVS]

     Charles, Emperor Augustus

   • 951 CE – 959 CE, Witgerus, Genealogica Arnulfi:

     Pipinus rex genuit Karolum et Karlomannum et Gislam ex Bertrada regina.

     King Pippin begat Charles and Carloman and Gisla from Queen Bertrada.

Second-declension noun, singular only.