Modius

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈmo.di.us/, [ˈmɔd̪iʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmo.di.us/, [ˈmɔːd̪ius]

Proper noun

Modius m sg (genitive Modiī or Modī); second declension

1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
   1. Modius Julius, a Roman governor

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Modius
genitive	Modiī Modī1
dative	Modiō
accusative	Modium
ablative	Modiō
vocative	Modī

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

References

• “Modius”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray