Epidius

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /eˈpi.di.us/, [ɛˈpɪd̪iʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /eˈpi.di.us/, [eˈpiːd̪ius]

Proper noun

Epidius m sg (genitive Epidiī or Epidī); second declension

1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
   1. Epidius, a Roman rhetorician

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Epidius
genitive	Epidiī Epidī1
dative	Epidiō
accusative	Epidium
ablative	Epidiō
vocative	Epidī

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

References

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