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proper nounsecond declension

Aius Locūtius

Aius Locūtius m sg (genitive Aiī Locūtiī or Aiī Locūtī or Aī Locūtiī or Aī Locūtī)
Classical[ˈaj.jʊs ɫɔˈkuː.ti.ʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈaː.jus loˈkut.t͡si.us]

Meaning

  1. a mysterious prophetic voice that warned the Romans of the attack of the Gauls before the Battle of the Allia

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeAius Locūtius—
genitiveAiī Locūtiī
Aiī Locūtī, Aī Locūtiī, Aī Locūtī		—
dativeAiō Locūtiō—
accusativeAium Locūtium—
ablativeAiō Locūtiō—
vocativeAī Locūtī—

Origins

May be analysed as aiō (“to say”) and locūtus (“to have spoken”) with added -us and -ius from praenomina and nomina gentilicia, essentially yielding a name that would sound like Speako Talkingson. Perhaps related to Umbrian 𐌀𐌇𐌕𐌖 (ahtu).

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

Biography & mythologyAius LocutiusAius Locutius. or LOQUENS, a Roman divinity. In the year B. C. 389, a short time before the invasion of the Gauls, a voice was heard at Rome in the Vi…

Quick answers

What does Aius Locūtius mean in Latin?
Aius Locūtius, a proper noun, means “a mysterious prophetic voice that warned the Romans of the attack of the Gauls before the Battle of the Allia”.
What is the genitive of Aius Locūtius?
The genitive singular is Aiī Locūtiī. Aius Locūtius is second declension.
How do you pronounce Aius Locūtius?
In classical Latin, [ˈaj.jʊs ɫɔˈkuː.ti.ʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈaː.jus loˈkut.t͡si.us].