Florius

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈfloː.ri.us/, [ˈfɫ̪oːriʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈflo.ri.us/, [ˈflɔːrius]

Proper noun

Flōrius m sg (genitive Flōriī or Flōrī); second declension

1. A river of Hispania Tarraconensis mentioned by Pliny

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Flōrius
genitive	Flōriī Flōrī1
dative	Flōriō
accusative	Flōrium
ablative	Flōriō
vocative	Flōrī

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

References

• Florius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Florius”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly