Livius

Latin

Etymology

The obvious Latin connection would be with līveō (“to be livid”), but some Etruscan origin is not dismissed.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Līvius m sg (genitive Līviī or Līvī); second declension

  1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
    1. Livius Salinator, a Roman consul
    2. Livius Andronicus a Roman dramatist and poet

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

singular
nominative Līvius
genitive Līviī
Līvī1
dative Līviō
accusative Līvium
ablative Līviō
vocative Līvī

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

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Italian: Livio
  • Romanian: Liviu

References

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