Gaius

== Latin == === Alternative forms === (praenominal abbreviation): C., G. (less frequently) (archaic or hypercorrect): Cāius, Cājus Gājus === Etymology === For Gāvius, from Proto-Italic *Gāwjos, a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *geh₂w- (“to rejoice”). Cognate with gaudeō, gaudium. Cognate with Etruscan 𐌂𐌀𐌄 (cae). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈɡaː.i.ʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈɡaː.i.us] (Late Latin, common variant) IPA(key): [ˈɡaj.jʊs] === Proper noun === Gāius m (genitive Gāiī or Gāī, feminine Gāia); second declension a masculine praenomen, in particular: Gaius (an eminent jurist who lived in the second century A.D.) Caligula, the emperor Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus ==== Usage notes ==== 1876, "C" in the Encyclopædia Britannica, 9th ed., Vol. IV, page 616: The symbol [C] retained its old value [/ɡ/] only when as the initial letter it represented the names Gaius and Gnæus, which, in consequence, are often erroneously written and sounded Caius and Cnæus. ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. 1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age). ==== Derived terms ==== Gāia f (praenomen) Gāiānus (“of, pertaining to Caligula”, adjective) Gāīpor (“male slave of Gaius”) ==== Descendants ==== → Ancient Greek: Γάϊος (Gáïos) → Coptic: ⲅⲁⲓⲟⲥ (gaios) → Faliscan: 𐌊𐌀𐌉𐌏𐌔 (kaios) → German: Gajus → Indonesian: Gayus → Etruscan: 𐌂𐌀𐌉𐌄 (caie) Georgian: გაიუსი (gaiusi) Italian: Gaio, Caio Portuguese: Gaio, Caio Russian: Гай (Gaj) (possibly) Spanish: Gayo === See also === === References === “Gaius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Gaius”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.