Pacuvius

Latin

Etymology

From Pācuus +‎ -ius.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /paːˈku.u̯i.us/, [päːˈkuː̯iʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /paˈku.vi.us/, [päˈkuːvius]

Proper noun

Pācuvius m sg (genitive Pācuviī or Pācuvī); second declension

1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
   1. Marcus Pacuvius, a famous Roman poet

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Pācuvius
genitive	Pācuviī Pācuvī1
dative	Pācuviō
accusative	Pācuvium
ablative	Pācuviō
vocative	Pācuvī

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

Derived terms

• Pācuvia
• Pācuviānus

References

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