Vibius
Latin
Etymology
A Sabellic name, from Oscan 𐌅𐌉(𐌝)𐌁𐌉𐌔 (vi(í)bis) or Umbrian - cf. Etruscan 𐌅𐌉𐌐𐌉𐌄 (vipie).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈwiː.bi.ʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈviː.bi.us]
Proper noun
Vībius m sg (genitive Vībiī or Vībī); second declension
- a Roman praenomen or nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
- Gaius Vibius Pansa Caetronianus, a Roman consul
- Vibius Sequester, a Roman writer
Declension
Second-declension noun, singular only.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Vībius |
| genitive | Vībiī Vībī1 |
| dative | Vībiō |
| accusative | Vībium |
| ablative | Vībiō |
| vocative | Vībī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Derived terms
- Vībia
See also
Roman praenomina: praenominaedit
References
- “Vibius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Vibius”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.