Axius

Latin

View of the river

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈak.si.us/, [ˈäks̠iʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈak.si.us/, [ˈäksius]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀξιός (Axiós).

Proper noun

Axius m sg (genitive Axiī or Axī); second declension

1. A river of Macedonia, now the Vardar

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Axius
genitive	Axiī Axī1
dative	Axiō
accusative	Axium
ablative	Axiō
vocative	Axī

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

Etymology 2

Related to Etruscan 𐌀𐌂𐌔𐌉 (Acsi, “the Axia gens”).

Proper noun

Axius m sg (genitive Axiī or Axī); second declension

1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
   1. Quintus Axius, a Roman senator

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Axius
genitive	Axiī Axī1
dative	Axiō
accusative	Axium
ablative	Axiō
vocative	Axī

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

Derived terms

• Axiānus

References

• “Axius2”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Axius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.