Albius

Latin

Etymology

From albus (“white”) +‎ -ius.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈal.bi.us/, [ˈäɫ̪biʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈal.bi.us/, [ˈälbius]

Proper noun

Albius m sg (genitive Albiī or Albī); second declension

1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
   1. Albius Tibullus, a Roman poet

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Albius
genitive	Albiī Albī1
dative	Albiō
accusative	Albium
ablative	Albiō
vocative	Albī

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

References

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