Iulius

See also: iulius

Latin

Alternative forms

Jūlius

Etymology

Possibly a contraction of the Old Latin personal name *Iovilios (“descended from or pertaining to Jove”); see Iovis, or from Ancient Greek ἴουλος (íoulos, “downy first beard hairs (of a young man)”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈi̯uː.li.us/, [ˈi̯uːlʲiʊs̠]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈju.li.us/, [ˈjuːlius]

Proper noun

Iūlius m sg (genitive Iūliī or Iūlī); second declension

Julius; a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name".
July
Synonyms: mēnsis Iūlius, Mēnsis Iūlius

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Iūlius
Genitive	Iūliī Iūlī¹
Dative	Iūliō
Accusative	Iūlium
Ablative	Iūliō
Vocative	Iūlī

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

Derived terms

Related terms

iūliānus
iūliensis

Descendants

Catalan: Juli
→ Cebuano: Julius
→ Coptic: ⲓⲟⲩⲗⲓⲟⲥ (ioulios)
→ Czech: Julius
→ Danish: Julius
→ English: Julius, Julia, Julian, Gillian, Gill, hence gill
→ Faroese: Julius
→ Finnish: Julius
French: Jules
Galician: Xulio
→ German: Julius
→ Icelandic: Júlíus, Júlía
→ Irish: Iúil
Italian: Giulio
→ Latvian: Jūlijs
→ Polish: Juliusz
Portuguese: Júlio, Julho
Romanian: Iuliu
Sicilian: Juliu
→ Slovak: Július
→ Slovene: Julij
Spanish: Julio
→ Swedish: Julius
→ Tashelhit: yulyuz
Venetian: Zulio

References

“Jūlĭus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“Iulius”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
Iulius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Iulius in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016

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