Flavius

See also: flavius

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Flavius.

Proper noun

Flavius

  1. A male given name.

Latin

Etymology

Probably from flāvus +‎ -ius.

Pronunciation

Adjective

Flāvius (feminine Flāvia, neuter Flāvium); first/second-declension adjective

  1. of the Flavian gens

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative Flāvius Flāvia Flāvium Flāviī Flāviae Flāvia
Genitive Flāviī Flāviae Flāviī Flāviōrum Flāviārum Flāviōrum
Dative Flāviō Flāviō Flāviīs
Accusative Flāvium Flāviam Flāvium Flāviōs Flāviās Flāvia
Ablative Flāviō Flāviā Flāviō Flāviīs
Vocative Flāvie Flāvia Flāvium Flāviī Flāviae Flāvia

Descendants
  • Portuguese: Chaves

Proper noun

Flāvius m (genitive Flāviī or Flāvī); second declension

  1. Flavius

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative Flāvius Flāviī
Genitive Flāviī
Flāvī1		 Flāviōrum
Dative Flāviō Flāviīs
Accusative Flāvium Flāviōs
Ablative Flāviō Flāviīs
Vocative Flāvī Flāviī

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

Descendants
  • Galician: Chave, ⇒ Vilachave
  • Portuguese: Chave

References
  • “Flavius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Flavius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Flavius.

Proper noun

Flavius m

  1. a male given name
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