Modius

Latin

Etymology

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈmo.di.us/, [ˈmɔ.di.ʊs]

Proper noun

Modius m sg (genitive Modiī or Modī); second declension

  1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
    1. Modius Julius, a Roman governor

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Modius
Genitive Modiī
Modī1
Dative Modiō
Accusative Modium
Ablative Modiō
Vocative Modī

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

References
  • Modius in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
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