Galerius

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ɡaˈleː.ri.us/, [ɡäˈɫ̪eːriʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ɡaˈle.ri.us/, [ɡäˈlɛːrius]

Proper noun

Galērius m (genitive Galēriī or Galērī); second declension

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

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Galērius
genitive	Galēriī Galērī1
dative	Galēriō
accusative	Galērium
ablative	Galēriō
vocative	Galērī

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

Derived terms

• Galēria

Descendants

• Ancient Greek: Γαλέριος (Galérios)

References

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