Helvidius

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /helˈu̯i.di.us/, [hɛɫ̪ˈu̯ɪd̪iʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /elˈvi.di.us/, [elˈviːd̪ius]

Proper noun

Helvidius m sg (genitive Helvidiī or Helvidī); second declension

1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
   1. Helvidius Priscus, a Roman philosopher

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Helvidius
genitive	Helvidiī Helvidī1
dative	Helvidiō
accusative	Helvidium
ablative	Helvidiō
vocative	Helvidī

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

References

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