Alexius

Alexius

English

Etymology

Latin Alexius, from Ancient Greek Ἀλέξιος (Aléxios) or Ἄλεξις (Álexis, “helper, defender”).

Proper noun

Alexius

1. A male given name from Ancient Greek.

Usage notes

• Name of a fifth century saint, famous in the Eastern Orthodox Church. Rare in English in this form.

Related terms

• Alex
• Alexis
• Alexia

Translations

male given name

Abkhaz: Алықьса (Aləkʲsa) Armenian: Ալեքսիոս (Alekʿsios) Belarusian: Аляксе́й m (Aljaksjéj) Bulgarian: Але́ксий m (Aléksij) Catalan: Aleix (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 阿歷克塞／阿历克塞 (Ālìkèsāi) Chuvash: Элекҫей (Elekśej) Czech: Aleš (cs) m, Alexej (cs) m Dutch: Alexius m Esperanto: Alekso Estonian: Aleks (et) Finnish: Aleksi (fi), Aleksis (fi) French: Alexis (fr) m Galician: Aleixo (gl) Georgian: ალექსი (aleksi) German: Alexius (de) Greek: Αλέξιος (el) (Aléxios) Hungarian: Alex (hu) Italian: Alessio (it) m Japanese: アレクシオス (Arekushiosu) Korean: 알렉시오스 (Alleksioseu) Latin: Alexius m Macedonian: Алексиј m (Aleksij) Polish: Aleksy (pl) m Portuguese: Aleixo (pt) m Russian: Алексе́й (ru) (Alekséj), Алекси́й (ru) m (Aleksíj) (older form) Slovene: Aleksej m Spanish: Alejo (es) m, Alexis (es) m Ukrainian: Олексі́й m (Oleksíj)

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἀλέξιος (Aléxios) or Ἄλεξις (Álexis, “helper, defender”), from the verb ἀλέξω (aléxō, “guard, protect”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /aˈlek.si.us/, [äˈɫ̪ɛks̠iʊs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈlek.si.us/, [äˈlɛksius]

Proper noun

Alexius m sg (genitive Alexiī or Alexī); second declension

1. a male given name from Ancient Greek

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Alexius
Genitive	Alexiī Alexī1
Dative	Alexiō
Accusative	Alexium
Ablative	Alexiō
Vocative	Alexī

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

Descendants

• Albanian: Lesh
• Catalan: Aleix
• French: Alexis
• Italian: Alessio
  • → Sicilian: Alessiu
• Portuguese: Aleixo
• Sicilian: Alesciu
• Spanish: Alejo