Iulius

== Latin == === Alternative forms === iūlius, Jūlius, jūlius === Etymology === Possibly a contraction of the Old Latin personal name *Iovilios (“descended from or pertaining to Jove”); see Iovis, or from Ancient Greek ἴουλος (íoulos, “downy first beard hairs (of a young man)”). The month quīntīlis was renamed after Julius Caesar in 44 BC. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈjuː.li.ʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈjuː.li.us] === Adjective === Iūlius (feminine Iūlia, neuter Iūlium); first/second-declension adjective Of the gens Julia, a patrician Roman family. Of July, the fifth month of the Roman calendar. Synonym: Quīntīlis ==== Usage notes ==== In Classical Latin, month names were regularly used as adjectives, generally modifying a case-form of mēnsis m sg (“month”) or of one of the nouns used in the Roman calendar to refer to specific days of the month from which other days were counted: kalendae f pl (“calends”), nōnae f pl (“nones”), īdūs f pl (“ides”). However, the masculine noun mēnsis could be omitted by ellipsis, so the masculine singular forms of month names eventually came to be used as proper nouns. The accusative plural adjective forms Aprīlīs, Septembrīs, Octōbrīs, Novembrīs, Decembrīs are ambiguous in writing, being spelled identically to the genitive singular forms of the nouns; nevertheless, the use of ablative singular forms in -ī and comparison with the usage of other month names as adjectives supports the interpretation of -is as an accusative plural adjective ending in Classical Latin phrases such as "kalendas Septembris". ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. === Proper noun === Iūlius m sg (genitive Iūliī or Iūlī); second declension Julius; a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name". July Synonyms: mēnsis Iūlius, Mēnsis Iūlius ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun, singular only. 1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age). ==== Derived terms ==== Iūlia iūliānus ==== Related terms ==== iūliensis ==== Descendants ==== From the personal name: From the month name: Unsorted borrowings These borrowings are ultimately but perhaps not directly from Latin. They are organized into geographical and language family groups, not by etymology. === See also === Roman calendar on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === See also === iūlius === References === === Further reading === “Jūlĭus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Iulius”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “Iulius”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Iulius in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016