Persius

== Latin == === Etymology === From Etruscan 𐌐𐌄𐌓𐌔𐌖 (persu), though the ultimate origin is uncertain. Possibly a late, unaspirated version of 𐌘𐌄𐌓𐌔𐌖 (φersu, “mask”). The name has been confused with Ancient Greek Περσεύς (Perseús, “Perseus”) because of some Etruscan artifacts transcribing the hero's name with the same spelling. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈpɛr.si.ʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈpɛr.si.us] === Proper noun === Persius m sg (genitive Persiī or Persī); second declension a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by: Aulus Persius Flaccus, a Roman poet ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun, singular only. 1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age). ==== Derived terms ==== Persia Persiānus === References === “Persius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Persius”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Nielsen: Late Etruscan Cinerary Urns, published in The J. Paul Getty Museum Journal: Volume 14, 1986