Saevius

See also: saevius

Latin

Etymology

From saevus (“fierce, savage”) +‎ -ius.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Saevius m sg (genitive Saeviī or Saevī); second declension

1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
   1. Saevius Nicanor, a Roman grammarian mentioned by Suetonius

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Saevius
genitive	Saeviī Saevī1
dative	Saeviō
accusative	Saevium
ablative	Saeviō
vocative	Saevī

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

References

• “Nicanor, Saevius”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray