Ovidius

Latin

Etymology

Perhaps from ovis (“sheep”).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /oˈwi.di.us/, [ɔˈwɪ.di.ʊs]
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Proper noun

Ovidius m (genitive Ovidiī); second declension

  1. The name of a Roman gēns.
  2. The Roman poet Ovid.

Declension

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative Ovidius Ovidiī
Genitive Ovidiī
Ovidī1		 Ovidiōrum
Dative Ovidiō Ovidiīs
Accusative Ovidium Ovidiōs
Ablative Ovidiō Ovidiīs
Vocative Ovidī Ovidiī

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

Descendants

References
  • Ovidius in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Ovidius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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