Mauricius

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmau̯rɪt͡sɪjus]

Proper noun

Mauricius m inan (relational adjective mauricijský, demonym Mauricijec)

1. Mauritius (A country in the Indian Ocean, east of East Africa and Madagascar)
2. Mauritius (The main island of the country of Mauritius)

Declension

Declension of Mauricius (sg-only semisoft masculine inanimate foreign)

	singular
nominative	Mauricius
genitive	Mauricia
dative	Mauriciu
accusative	Mauricius
vocative	Mauricie
locative	Mauriciu
instrumental	Mauriciem

Further reading

• “Mauricius”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
• “Mauricius”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Latin

Alternative forms

• Mauritius

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Μαυρίκιος (Mauríkios, “Maurice”) or a parallel development from Mauricus (“Maurus +‎ -icus”) +‎ -ius

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /mau̯ˈri.ki.us/, [mäu̯ˈrɪkiʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /mau̯ˈri.t͡ʃi.us/, [mäu̯ˈriːt͡ʃius]

Proper noun

Mauricius m sg (genitive Mauriciī or Mauricī); second declension

1. an male Eastern Roman/Byzantine Greek surname, (nōmen). Notably that originally born by East Roman Emperor Flavius Mauricius nova Tiberius (Maurice)
2. a male given name, (praenōmen) from the nomen

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Mauricius
genitive	Mauriciī Mauricī1
dative	Mauriciō
accusative	Mauricium
ablative	Mauriciō
vocative	Mauricī

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

Descendants

• → English: Maurice
  • English: Morris
• Italian: Maurizio
• → Welsh: Meurig
  • → English: Merrick