Vitruvius

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /u̯iˈtruː.u̯i.us/, [u̯ɪˈt̪ruːu̯iʊs̠]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /viˈtru.vi.us/, [viˈt̪ruːvius]

Proper noun

Vitrūvius m sg (genitive Vitrūviī or Vitrūvī); second declension

  1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
    1. Marcus Vitruvius Pollio, a Roman architect

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Vitrūvius
Genitive Vitrūviī
Vitrūvī1
Dative Vitrūviō
Accusative Vitrūvium
Ablative Vitrūviō
Vocative Vitrūvī

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

Derived terms
  • Vitrūvia

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