Lusius

Latin

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈlu.si.us/, [ˈɫ̪ʊs̠iʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈlu.si.us/, [ˈluːs̬ius]

Proper noun

Lusius m sg (genitive Lusiī or Lusī); second declension

1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
   1. Lucius Lusius Geta, a Roman politician

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Lusius
genitive	Lusiī Lusī1
dative	Lusiō
accusative	Lusium
ablative	Lusiō
vocative	Lusī

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

Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek Λούσιος (Loúsios).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈluː.si.us/, [ˈɫ̪uːs̠iʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈlu.si.us/, [ˈluːs̬ius]

Proper noun

Lūsius m sg (genitive Lūsiī or Lūsī); second declension

1. a river of Arcadia and tributary of the Alpheus

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Lūsius
genitive	Lūsiī Lūsī1
dative	Lūsiō
accusative	Lūsium
ablative	Lūsiō
vocative	Lūsī

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

References

• Lusius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Lusius”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly