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

Proper noun

Aius Locūtius m sg (genitive Aiī Locūtiī or Aiī Locūtī or Aī Locūtiī or Aī Locūtī); second declension

  1. 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.