Livius

The obvious Latin connection would be with līveō (“to be livid”), but some Etruscan origin is not dismissed.

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈliː.wi.us/, [ˈliː.wi.ʊs]

Līvius m sg (genitive Līviī or Līvī); second declension

1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
   1. Livius Salinator, a Roman consul
   2. Livius Andronicus a Roman dramatist and poet

Second declension.

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

• Līvia
• Līviānus

• Italian: Livio

• Livius in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Livius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume III, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 965