Valgius

See also: valgius

Latin

Etymology

From valgus (“knock-kneed”) +‎ -ius.

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

Proper noun

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

  1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
    1. Valgius Rufus, a Roman poet and rhetorician

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case 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
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