Gregorius

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Gregorius.

Proper noun

Gregorius

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Gregorius is the 60347^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 334 individuals. Gregorius is most common among White (92.81%) individuals.

Latin

Etymology

From post-classical Ancient Greek Γρηγόριος (Grēgórios, “watchful, vigilant”), from Ancient Greek ἐγείρω (egeírō, “awaken, arouse”).

Proper noun

Grēgorius m sg (genitive Grēgoriī or Grēgorī); second declension

1. a male given name

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Grēgorius
genitive	Grēgoriī Grēgorī1
dative	Grēgoriō
accusative	Grēgorium
ablative	Grēgoriō
vocative	Grēgorī

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

Old English

Etymology

From Latin Grēgorius, from Ancient Greek Γρηγόριος (Grēgórios).

Proper noun

Gregorius m

1. a male given name
2. Pope Gregory I

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	Gregorius	—
accusative	Gregorius	—
genitive	Gregories	—
dative	Gregorie	—

Further reading

• Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “Gregorius”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary (in Old English), second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.