Dictionaries › Latin

Persius

Pronunciation: [ˈpɛr.si.ʊs]

“Persius” is a Latin word. Its 2 meanings in English:

proper noun

  1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by
  2. Aulus Persius Flaccus, a Roman poet

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.

Keep exploring: in the interactive dictionary every word of a definition is a link. Open “Persius” there

More Latin words

About this dictionary

The Latin dictionary on Glottosphere has 42,428 entries with a page. Browse the Latin dictionary.

Definitions are from Wiktionary, extracted by Kaikki.org, and are available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.