Ausonius

English

Proper noun

Ausonius

1. Decimus Magnus Ausonius, a 4th-century-CE Roman poet.

Translations

Roman poet

• French: Ausone m
• German: Ausonius m
• Italian: Ausonio m
• Latin: Ausonius m
• Spanish: Ausonio m

Latin

Alternative forms

• Aus. (abbreviation)

Etymology

From Ausonia (“Italy”) +‎ -ius.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [au̯ˈsɔ.ni.ʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [au̯ˈsɔː.ni.us]

Proper noun

Ausonius m sg (genitive Ausoniī or Ausonī); second declension

1. Ausonius (Roman poet)

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Ausonius
genitive	Ausoniī Ausonī1
dative	Ausoniō
accusative	Ausonium
ablative	Ausoniō
vocative	Ausonī

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

Adjective

Ausonius (feminine Ausonia, neuter Ausonium); first/second-declension adjective (poetic)

1. Italian, Roman
2. (nominalized) the Ausonians

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	Ausonius	Ausonia	Ausonium		Ausoniī	Ausoniae	Ausonia
genitive	Ausoniī	Ausoniae	Ausoniī		Ausoniōrum	Ausoniārum	Ausoniōrum
dative	Ausoniō	Ausoniae	Ausoniō		Ausoniīs
accusative	Ausonium	Ausoniam	Ausonium		Ausoniōs	Ausoniās	Ausonia
ablative	Ausoniō	Ausoniā	Ausoniō		Ausoniīs
vocative	Ausonie	Ausonia	Ausonium		Ausoniī	Ausoniae	Ausonia

Further reading

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