Helvius

Latin

Etymology

From helvus (“honey-yellow”) +‎ -ius.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈhel.u̯i.us/, [ˈhɛɫ̪u̯iʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈel.vi.us/, [ˈɛlvius]

Proper noun

Helvius m sg (genitive Helviī or Helvī); second declension

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

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Helvius
genitive	Helviī Helvī1
dative	Helviō
accusative	Helvium
ablative	Helviō
vocative	Helvī

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

Derived terms

• Helvia

References

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