Latin

Proper noun

Pius

1. A male given name; taken by several Popes of the Roman Catholic Church

Descendants

• Italian: Pio
• Spanish: Pío

See also

• Pia

Latin

Adjective

pius m ‎(feminine pia, neuter pium); first/second declension

1. pious, devout
2. dutiful, loyal
3. good, blessed
4. (Late Latin) holy.

Inflection

First/second declension.

• comparative: magis pius, superlative: piissimus

Derived terms

• impius
• piē
• pietās
• piō
• pium

Antonyms

• impius

Descendants

• English: pious
• French: pieux
• Italian: pio
• Portuguese: pio
• Spanish: pío

References

• pius in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• pius in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• PIUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “pius”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • a regular, formal war: bellum iustum (pium)
    
  • (ambiguous) to show an affectionate regard for a person's memory: memoriam alicuius pie inviolateque servare
    
  • (ambiguous) to be an earnest worshipper of the gods: deos sancte, pie venerari
    
• pius in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
• pius in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

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Etymology

English fuse

Noun

pius

1. fuse