Octavius

== English == === Etymology === From Latin Octāvius, name of a Roman gens. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ɒkˈteɪvɪəs/ === Proper noun === Octavius A male given name from Latin, in occasional use. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== == Latin == === Etymology === From octāvus (“eighth”) +‎ -ius. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɔkˈtaː.wi.ʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [okˈtaː.vi.us] === Proper noun === Octāvius m sg (genitive Octāviī or Octāvī); second declension a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by: Augustus, the first Roman emperor ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun, singular only. 1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age). ==== Derived terms ==== Octāvia Octāviānus === See also === ==== Descendants ==== === References === “Octavius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Octavius”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.