Hygia

Latin

Alternative forms

  • Hygēa, (in inscriptions) Ygia

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ὑγιεία (Hugieía).

Proper noun

Hygīa f sg (genitive Hygīae); first declension

  1. (Roman mythology) the goddess Hygieia, corresponding to Roman Salūs
    • Latin Inscriptions, Orelli 4918:
      AESCULAPIO
      ET⸱(H)YGIAE
      DOMINIS
      P(VBLIVS)⸱AELIVS
      PHILETVS
      V(OTVM)⸱S(OLVIT)⸱L(AETVS)⸱L(IBENS)⸱M(ERITO)
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

singular
nominative Hygīa
genitive Hygīae
dative Hygīae
accusative Hygīam
ablative Hygīā
vocative Hygīa

See also

Further reading

  • “Hygia”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Proper noun

Hygia f

  1. pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of Higeia
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