Maius
See also: maius
Latin
Alternative forms
- Majus
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈmaj.jus/, [ˈmaj.jʊs]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈmaj.jus/
Etymology 1
From the name Maia, daughter of Atlas and mother of Mercury, probably ultimately from a feminine suffixed form of Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s (“great”).
Usage notes
- In Latin, the month names are used as adjectives. In the Classical period, this adjective modifies a noun identifying a particular day, from which the date was reckoned. In Medieval Latin and later periods, the adjective modifies a numeral for the day of the month.
Declension
First/second declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | Maius | Maia | Maium | Maiī | Maiae | Maia | |
| Genitive | Maiī | Maiae | Maiī | Maiōrum | Maiārum | Maiōrum | |
| Dative | Maiō | Maiō | Maiīs | ||||
| Accusative | Maium | Maiam | Maium | Maiōs | Maiās | Maia | |
| Ablative | Maiō | Maiā | Maiō | Maiīs | |||
| Vocative | Maie | Maia | Maium | Maiī | Maiae | Maia | |
Declension
Second declension.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Maius |
| Genitive | Maiī |
| Dative | Maiō |
| Accusative | Maium |
| Ablative | Maiō |
| Vocative | Maie |
Descendants
- Albanian: maj
- Arabic: مايو (māyū)
- Aragonese: mayo
- Aromanian: maiu
- Asturian: mayu
- Catalan: maig
- Dutch: mei
- English: May
- Esperanto: majo
- French: mai
- Friulian: Mai
- Galician: maio
See also
References
- 2 Māius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Māius in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Etymology 2
An elliptical form of Maiusdeus (“the great god”, “Jupiter”), from maius (“great”, archaic form of magnus) + deus (“god”).
Declension
Second declension.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Maius |
| Genitive | Maiī |
| Dative | Maiō |
| Accusative | Maium |
| Ablative | Maiō |
| Vocative | Maie |
References
- Māius in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Māius in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- 1 Māius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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