Mauricius

• IPA^(key): [ˈmau̯rɪt͡sɪjus]

Mauricius m inan (relational adjective mauricijský, demonym Mauricijec)

1. Mauritius (a country in the Indian Ocean, east of East Africa and Madagascar)
2. Mauritius (the main island of the country of Mauritius)

• “Mauricius”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
• “Mauricius”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

• Mauritius

From Ancient Greek Μαυρίκιος (Mauríkios, “Maurice”) or a parallel development from Mauricus (“Maurus +‎ -icus”) +‎ -ius

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [mau̯ˈrɪ.ki.ʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [mau̯ˈriː.t͡ʃi.us]

Mauricius m sg (genitive Mauriciī or Mauricī); second declension

1. an male Eastern Roman/Byzantine Greek surname, (nōmen). Notably that originally born by East Roman Emperor Flavius Mauricius nova Tiberius (Maurice)
2. a male given name, (praenōmen) from the nomen

Second-declension noun, singular only.

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

• → English: Maurice
  • English: Morris
• Italian: Maurizio
• → Welsh: Meurig
  • → English: Merrick
• Sicilian: Maurizziu