Ovidius

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Latin

Etymology

From ovis (“sheep”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /oˈu̯i.di.us/, [oˈu̯ɪd̪iʊs̠]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /oˈvi.di.us/, [oˈviːd̪ius]

Proper noun

Ovidius m (genitive Ovidiī or Ovidī); second declension

The name of a Roman gēns.
The Roman poet Ovid.

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	Ovidius	Ovidiī
Genitive	Ovidiī Ovidī¹	Ovidiōrum
Dative	Ovidiō	Ovidiīs
Accusative	Ovidium	Ovidiōs
Ablative	Ovidiō	Ovidiīs
Vocative	Ovidī	Ovidiī

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Descendants

→ Armenian: Օվիդիուս (Ōvidius)
→ Catalan: Ovidi
→ English: Ovid
→ French: Ovide
→ Irish: Óivid
→ Italian: Ovidio
→ Portuguese: Ovídio
→ Romanian: Ovidiu
→ Russian: Овидий (Ovidij)
→ Spanish: Ovidio
→ Ukrainian: Овідій (Ovidij)
→ Welsh: Ofydd

References

“Ovidius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Ovidius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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