Octavius

See also: octavius

English

Etymology

From Latin Octāvius, name of a Roman gens.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɒkˈteɪvɪəs/

Proper noun

Octavius

1. A male given name from Latin, in occasional use.

Derived terms

• Dontavious

Translations

male given name

Catalan: Octavi m Chinese: Mandarin: 屋大維 / 屋大维 (zh) (Wū-Dà-Wéi) French: Octave (fr) m German: Octavius Greek: Οκτάβιος (el) (Oktávios) Ancient: Ὀκταούιος (Oktaoúios), Ὀκτάβιος (Oktábios) Italian: Ottavio (it) Korean: 옥타비우스 (oktabiuseu) Marathi: ऑक्टेव्हियस m (ŏkṭevhiyas) Portuguese: Otávio (pt) m Romanian: Octav m Spanish: Octavio (es) m

Latin

English Wikipedia has an article on:

Octavia gens

Wikipedia

Etymology

From octāvus (“eighth”) +‎ -ius.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɔkˈtaː.wi.ʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [okˈtaː.vi.us]

Proper noun

Octāvius m sg (genitive Octāviī or Octāvī); second declension

1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
   1. Augustus, the first Roman emperor

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Octāvius
genitive	Octāviī Octāvī1
dative	Octāviō
accusative	Octāvium
ablative	Octāviō
vocative	Octāvī

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

Derived terms

• Octāvia
• Octāviānus

Descendants

• → Catalan: Octavi
• → French: Octave
• → Italian: Ottavio
• → Portuguese: Otávio
• → Romanian: Octav
• → Sicilian: Uttavi
• → Spanish: Octavio

References

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