Cassius

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Cassius, a Roman name derived from the gens Cassia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkæsi.əs/, /ˈkæ.ʃəs/

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• Rhymes: -æsiəs

Proper noun

Cassius

1. A male given name from Latin.

Related terms

• Cass
• Cassian
• purple of Cassius

 

Translations

male given name

• Galician: Casio (gl)
• Italian: Cassio m
• Portuguese: Cássio m

Latin

Etymology

Nominative singular deriving from the gens Cassia, a Roman family of antiquity. From cassus (“empty, hollow, lacking; useless, pointless”) +‎ -ius.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkas.si.us/, [ˈkäs̠ːiʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkas.si.us/, [ˈkäsːius]

Proper noun

Cassius m sg (genitive Cassiī or Cassī); second declension

1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" held by many Roman politicians, historians and other notable individuals. See Cassia gens.

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Cassius
genitive	Cassiī Cassī1
dative	Cassiō
accusative	Cassium
ablative	Cassiō
vocative	Cassī

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

Derived terms

• Cassia
• Cassiānus

 

Descendants

• Ancient Greek: Κάσσιος (Kássios)
• English: Cassius

References

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