Fufius

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈfuː.fi.us/, [ˈfuːfiʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfu.fi.us/, [ˈfuːfius]

Proper noun

Fūfius m sg (genitive Fūfiī or Fūfī); second declension

1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
   1. Quintus Fufius Calenus, a Roman general

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Fūfius
genitive	Fūfiī Fūfī1
dative	Fūfiō
accusative	Fūfium
ablative	Fūfiō
vocative	Fūfī

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

Derived terms

• Fūfia

References

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