Calavius

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kaˈla.u̯i.us/, [käˈɫ̪äu̯iʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kaˈla.vi.us/, [käˈläːvius]

Proper noun

Calavius m sg (genitive Calaviī or Calavī); second declension

1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
   1. Pacuvius Calavius, a magistrate of Capua

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Calavius
genitive	Calaviī Calavī1
dative	Calaviō
accusative	Calavium
ablative	Calaviō
vocative	Calavī

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

References

• Calavius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.