Septimius

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *Septemos. Internally, from septimus (“seventh”) +‎ -ius.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /sepˈti.mi.us/, [s̠ɛpˈt̪ɪmiʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /sepˈti.mi.us/, [sepˈt̪iːmius]

Proper noun

Septimius m sg (genitive Septimiī or Septimī); second declension

1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
   1. Septimius Severus, a Roman emperor

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Septimius
genitive	Septimiī Septimī1
dative	Septimiō
accusative	Septimium
ablative	Septimiō
vocative	Septimī

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

Derived terms

• Septimia

Descendants

• → Ancient Greek: Σεπτίμιος (Septímios)

References

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