Blossius

== Latin == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈbɫɔs.si.ʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈblɔs.si.us] === Proper noun === Blossius m sg (genitive Blossiī or Blossī); second declension a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by: Gaius Blossius, a Roman philosopher ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun, singular only. 1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age). ==== Derived terms ==== Blossia ==== Descendants ==== Ancient Greek: Βλόσσιος (Blóssios) === References === “Blossius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Blossius”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.