dusius

Latin

Etymology

From Gaulish *dusios (“incubus, monster”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwes- (“to breathe; spirit”). Compare Proto-Slavic *duša (“spirit, soul”).

Noun

dusius m (genitive dusiī or dusī); second declension

1. a kind of evil spirit

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	dusius	dusiī
genitive	dusiī dusī1	dusiōrum
dative	dusiō	dusiīs
accusative	dusium	dusiōs
ablative	dusiō	dusiīs
vocative	dusie	dusiī

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

References

• “dusius”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.