adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
Iūlius1
Iūlius (feminine Iūlia, neuter Iūlium)
Classical[ˈjuː.li.ʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈjuː.li.us]
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Meaning
- adjectiveOf the gens Julia, a patrician Roman family.
- adjectiveOf July, the fifth month of the Roman calendar.
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Iūlius | Iūlia | Iūlium |
| genitive | Iūliī | Iūliae | Iūliī |
| dative | Iūliō | Iūliae | Iūliō |
| accusative | Iūlium | Iūliam | Iūlium |
| ablative | Iūliō | Iūliā | Iūliō |
| vocative | Iūlie | Iūlia | Iūlium |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Iūliī | Iūliae | Iūlia |
| genitive | Iūliōrum | Iūliārum | Iūliōrum |
| dative | Iūliīs | Iūliīs | Iūliīs |
| accusative | Iūliōs | Iūliās | Iūlia |
| ablative | Iūliīs | Iūliīs | Iūliīs |
| vocative | Iūliī | Iūliae | Iūlia |
Jūlĭus (in poets also ĭūlĭus, quadrisyll.), a,
I. adj., name of a Roman gens;
especially celebrated, C. Julius Cæsar and his adopted son, C. Julius Cæsar (Octavianus) Augustus: unde domus Teucros Julia tangit avos, Ov. F. 4, 40: templa, i. e. curia Julia, id. P. 4, 5, 21: leges, Cic. Balb. 8; id. Sest. 64: edicta, decrees and laws of Augustus, Hor. C. 4, 15, 22: sidus, id. ib. 1, 12, 47.— II. Transf.: Julius mensis (or, absol., Julius), the month of July, which was previously called Quinctilis:
fervens Julius, Mart. 10, 62.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
Iūlius (poet. sometimes quadrisyl.), adj.,
Julian, of Julius: domus, V., O.: lex, Cs., C.: edicta, of Augustus, H.: unda, a harbor of Campania, built by Augustus, V.
Origins
Possibly a contraction of the Old Latin personal name *Iovilios (“descended from or pertaining to Jove”); see Iovis, or from Ancient Greek ἴουλος (íoulos, “downy first beard hairs (of a young man)”). The month quīntīlis was renamed after Julius Caesar in 44 BC.
In English words that came into English from Iūlius
- JulyIūlius