Vibius

Latin

Etymology

A Sabellic name, from Oscan 𐌅𐌉(𐌝)𐌁𐌉𐌔 (vi(í)bis) or Umbrian - cf. Etruscan 𐌅𐌉𐌐𐌉𐌄 (vipie).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Vībius m sg (genitive Vībiī or Vībī); second declension

  1. a Roman praenomen or nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
    1. Gaius Vibius Pansa Caetronianus, a Roman consul
    2. 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

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.