Posidonius

Borrowed from Latin Posīdōnius, from Ancient Greek Ποσειδώνιος (Poseidṓnios).

Posidonius

1. A male given name of historical usage, notably borne by Posidonius, an Ancient Greek polymath of the Hellenistic period, best known for his studies of philosophy.

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ποσειδώνιος (Poseidṓnios).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /po.siːˈdoː.ni.us/, [pɔs̠iːˈd̪oːniʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /po.siˈdo.ni.us/, [pos̬iˈd̪ɔːnius]

Posīdōnius m sg (genitive Posīdōniī or Posīdōnī); second declension

1. a male given name from Ancient Greek — famously held by:
   1. Posidonius, an Ancient Greek polymath of the Hellenistic period.

Second-declension noun, singular only.

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

• “Pŏsīdōnĭus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Pŏsīdōnĭus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1,205.
• Posīdōnius in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung