Papirius

Latin

Alternative forms

• Papīsius

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /paˈpiː.ri.us/, [päˈpiːriʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /paˈpi.ri.us/, [päˈpiːrius]

Proper noun

Papīrius m sg (genitive Papīriī or Papīrī); second declension

1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
   1. Lucius Papirius Cursor, a Roman general

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Papīrius
Genitive	Papīriī Papīrī1
Dative	Papīriō
Accusative	Papīrium
Ablative	Papīriō
Vocative	Papīrī

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

Derived terms

• Papīria
• Papīriānus

Adjective

Papīrius (feminine Papīria, neuter Papīrium); first/second-declension adjective

1. of or pertaining to the gens Papiria.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	Papīrius	Papīria	Papīrium		Papīriī	Papīriae	Papīria
Genitive	Papīriī	Papīriae	Papīriī		Papīriōrum	Papīriārum	Papīriōrum
Dative	Papīriō		Papīriō		Papīriīs
Accusative	Papīrium	Papīriam	Papīrium		Papīriōs	Papīriās	Papīria
Ablative	Papīriō	Papīriā	Papīriō		Papīriīs
Vocative	Papīrie	Papīria	Papīrium		Papīriī	Papīriae	Papīria

References

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