Hirtius

== Latin == === Etymology === From hirtus (“hairy, shaggy”) +‎ -ius. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈhiːr.ti.ʊs], [ˈhɪr.ti.ʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈir.t͡si.us] === Proper noun === Hī̆rtius m sg (genitive Hī̆rtiī or Hī̆rtī); second declension a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by: Aulus Hirtius, a Roman consul ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun, singular only. 1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age). ==== Derived terms ==== Hirtia Hirtiānus Hirtīnus === References === “Hirtius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Hirtius”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.