Aius Locutius
Latin
Etymology
May be analysed as aiō and locūtus with added -us and -ius from praenomina and nomina gentilicia. Perhaps related to Umbrian 𐌀𐌇𐌕𐌖 (ahtu).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈaj.jʊs ɫɔˈkuː.ti.ʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈaː.jus loˈkut̪.t̪͡s̪i.us]
Proper noun
Aius Locūtius m sg (genitive Aiī Locūtiī or Aiī Locūtī or Aī Locūtiī or Aī Locūtī); second declension
- mysterious prophetic voice that warned the Romans of the attack of the Gauls before the Battle of the Allia
Declension
Second-declension noun with a second-declension noun, singular only.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Aius Locūtius |
| genitive | Aiī Locūtiī Aiī Locūtī1 Aī Locūtiī Aī Locūtī1 |
| dative | Aiō Locūtiō |
| accusative | Aium Locūtium |
| ablative | Aiō Locūtiō |
| vocative | Aī Locūtī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Alternative forms
References
- “Loquens Aius Loquens”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Aius”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “Loquens Aius Loquens”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.