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Pius

Pius

See also: pius

Latin

Proper noun

Pius

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

Descendants

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pius

pius

See also: Pius

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.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
nominative pius pia pium piī piae pia
genitive piī piae piī piōrum piārum piōrum
dative piō piō piīs
accusative pium piam pium piōs piās pia
ablative piō piā piō piīs
vocative pie pia pium piī piae pia

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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