Valgius

See also: valgius

Latin

Etymology

From Valgus (agnomen and cognomen) +‎ -ius (“-y”, adjective-forming suffix) or directly from valgus (“bent out; bow-legged; wry”) +‎ -ius. Compare Varus and Varius.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯al.ɡi.us/, [ˈu̯äɫ̪ɡiʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈval.d͡ʒi.us/, [ˈväl̠ʲd͡ʒius]

Proper noun

Valgius m sg (genitive Valgiī or Valgī); second declension

1. a nomen (nomen gentile), a Roman family name

   Gaius Valgius Rufus

    

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Valgius
genitive	Valgiī Valgī1
dative	Valgiō
accusative	Valgium
ablative	Valgiō
vocative	Valgī

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

Derived terms

• Valgia

References

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