Papirius
Latin
Alternative forms
- Papīsius
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /paˈpiː.ri.us/, [päˈpiːriʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /paˈpi.ri.us/, [päˈpiːrius]
Proper noun
Papīrius m sg (genitive Papīriī or Papīrī); second declension
- a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
- Lucius Papirius Cursor, a Roman general
Declension
Second-declension noun, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Papīrius |
| Genitive | Papīriī Papīrī1 |
| Dative | Papīriō |
| Accusative | Papīrium |
| Ablative | Papīriō |
| Vocative | Papīrī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Derived terms
- Papīria
- Papīriānus
Adjective
Papīrius (feminine Papīria, neuter Papīrium); first/second-declension adjective
- of or pertaining to the gens Papiria.
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | Papīrius | Papīria | Papīrium | Papīriī | Papīriae | Papīria | |
| Genitive | Papīriī | Papīriae | Papīriī | Papīriōrum | Papīriārum | Papīriōrum | |
| Dative | Papīriō | Papīriō | Papīriīs | ||||
| Accusative | Papīrium | Papīriam | Papīrium | Papīriōs | Papīriās | Papīria | |
| Ablative | Papīriō | Papīriā | Papīriō | Papīriīs | |||
| Vocative | Papīrie | Papīria | Papīrium | Papīriī | Papīriae | Papīria | |
References
- “Papirius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Papirius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette