Casperius

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kasˈpe.ri.us/, [käs̠ˈpɛriʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kasˈpe.ri.us/, [käsˈpɛːrius]

Proper noun

Casperius m sg (genitive Casperiī or Casperī); second declension

1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
   1. Casperius Aelianus, a Roman prefect

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Casperius
genitive	Casperiī Casperī1
dative	Casperiō
accusative	Casperium
ablative	Casperiō
vocative	Casperī

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

References

• “Casperius”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
• Casperius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.