Ovidius
Latin
Etymology
From ovis (“sheep”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /oˈu̯i.di.us/, [oˈu̯ɪd̪iʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /oˈvi.di.us/, [oˈviːd̪ius]
Proper noun
Ovidius m (genitive Ovidiī or Ovidī); second declension
- The name of a Roman gēns.
- The Roman poet Ovid.
Declension
Second-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | Ovidius | Ovidiī |
Genitive | Ovidiī Ovidī1 | Ovidiōrum |
Dative | Ovidiō | Ovidiīs |
Accusative | Ovidium | Ovidiōs |
Ablative | Ovidiō | Ovidiīs |
Vocative | Ovidī | Ovidiī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Descendants
- → Armenian: Օվիդիուս (Ōvidius)
- → Catalan: Ovidi
- → English: Ovid
- → French: Ovide
- → Irish: Óivid
- → Italian: Ovidio
- → Portuguese: Ovídio
- → Romanian: Ovidiu
- → Russian: Овидий (Ovidij)
- → Spanish: Ovidio
- → Ukrainian: Овідій (Ovidij)
- → Welsh: Ofydd
References
- “Ovidius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Ovidius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette