Gaius

Latin

Alternative forms

  • (praenominal abbreviation): C., G. (less frequently)
  • (archaic or hypercorrect): Cāius, Cājus
  • Gājus

Etymology

For Gāvius, from Proto-Indo-European *geh₂w- (to rejoice). Cognate with gaudeō, gaudium. Cognate with Etruscan 𐌂𐌀𐌄 (cae).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Gāius m (genitive Gāiī or Gāī, feminine Gāia); second declension

  1. A masculine praenomen, in particular:
    Qui totus servatus est in Gaiorum et Quintorum laterculis.source
    Which was kept in its entirety on the registers of Gaiuses and Quintuses.
    1. Gaius (an eminent jurist who lived in the second century A.D.)
    2. Caligula, the emperor Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus

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

  • Gāia f (praenomen)
  • Gāiānus (of, pertaining to Caligula, adjective)
  • Gāīpor (male slave of Gaius)

Descendants

  • German: Gajus
  • Indonesian: Gayus
  • Ancient Greek: Γάϊος (Gáïos)
  • Coptic: ⲅⲁⲓⲟⲥ (gaios)
  • Etruscan: 𐌂𐌀𐌉𐌄 (caie)
  • Georgian: გაიუსი (gaiusi)
  • Italian: Caio
  • Portuguese: Gaio, Caio
  • Russian: Гай (Gaj) (possibly)
  • Spanish: Gayo

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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