Gaius
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
For Gāvius, from Proto-Indo-European *geh₂w- (“to rejoice”). Cognate with gaudeō, gaudium. Cognate with Etruscan 𐌂𐌀𐌄 (cae).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈɡaː.i.us/, [ˈɡäːiʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈɡa.i.us/, [ˈɡäːius]
- (Late Latin, common variant) IPA(key): /ˈɡai̯.i̯us/, [ˈɡäi̯ːʊs̠]
Proper noun
Gāius m (genitive Gāiī or Gāī, feminine Gāia); second declension
Usage notes
Declension
Second-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | Gāius | Gāiī |
Genitive | Gāiī Gāī1 |
Gāiōrum |
Dative | Gāiō | Gāiīs |
Accusative | Gāium | Gāiōs |
Ablative | Gāiō | Gāiīs |
Vocative | Gāī | Gāiī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
The noun Gāius possesses several irregularly syncopated forms in the nominative, dative, ablative, and vocative plural.
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “Gaius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Gaius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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