pius

See also: Pius

Kavalan

Noun

pius

  1. (anatomy) nape

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *pwījos, from Proto-Indo-European *puHyós (“purifying”), from *pewH-.

Pronunciation

Adjective

pius (feminine pia, neuter pium, comparative magis pius, superlative maximē pius or piissimus or pīssimus or pientissimus, adverb piē); first/second-declension adjective

  1. pious, devout
  2. dutiful, loyal, conscientious
  3. good, blessed
  4. (Late Latin) holy

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative pius pia pium piī piae pia
genitive piī piae piī piōrum piārum piōrum
dative piō piae piō piīs
accusative pium piam pium piōs piās pia
ablative piō piā piō piīs
vocative pie pia pium piī piae pia

Antonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Italian: pio
  • Old French: pius, piu
  • Old Galician-Portuguese:
  • Sicilian: pìu
  • Spanish: pío
  • → English: pious

References

  • “pius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “pius”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • "pius", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • pius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • a regular, formal war: bellum iustum (pium)
    • (ambiguous) to show an affectionate regard for a person's memory: memoriam alicuius pie inviolateque servare
    • (ambiguous) to be an earnest worshipper of the gods: deos sancte, pie venerari
  • pius in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
  • “pius”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
  • Tantimonaco, Silvia (2021) “Piissimus and pientissimus: two nonexistent superlatives of pius?”, in Journal of Latin Linguistics‎[3], volume 19, number 2, archived from the original on 11 July 2025, pages 281–307

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English fuse.

Noun

pius

  1. fuse
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