proper noun · masculinesecond declension
Līvius
Līvius m sg (genitive Līviī or Līvī, feminine Līvia)
Classical[ˈliː.wi.ʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈliː.vi.us]
Meaning
- Livius Salinator, a Roman consul
- Livius Andronicus a Roman dramatist and poet
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Līvius | — |
| genitive | Līviī Līvī | — |
| dative | Līviō | — |
| accusative | Līvium | — |
| ablative | Līviō | — |
| vocative | Līvī | — |
Līvĭus, i, m. (-a, ae, f.),
I. name of a Roman gens.—So, M. Livius Andronicus, the first Roman tragic poet, Cic. Brut. 18, 72; Liv. 7, 2, 8:
T. Livius, the celebrated historian, Quint. 10, 1, 32 al.: C. Livius Salinator, consul with L. Valerius Messala, A. U. C. 584; Liv. 29, 37, 1; Cic. de Or. 2, 67, 273; and many others.—In fem.: Līvĭa, ae, Drusilla, the second wife of Augustus, Suet. Aug. 29; 63; id. Tib. 4; id. Claud. 1; Ov. F. 5, 157: Livia Orestilla, wife of Caligula, Suet. Calig. 25.—Hence, A. Līvĭus, a, um, adj., Livian:
Liviae leges, Cic. Leg. 2, 6, 11: familia, Tac. A. 6, 51: arbos, Col. 10, 413.—B. Līvĭānus, a, um, adj., Livian: modi, i. e. of Livius Andronicus, Cic. Leg. 2, 15, 39: exercitus, the army of the consul M. Livius, Liv. 28, 9:
aes, from mines belonging to Livia, Plin. 34, 2, 2, § 3: charta, named after Livia, id. 13, 12, 23, § 80; cf. § 74.Origins
The obvious Latin connection would be with līveō (“to be livid”), but some Etruscan origin is not dismissed.
Descendants
- ItalianLivio
- RomanianLiviu
- SicilianLiviu