Pius

See also: pius

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central, Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈpi.us]

Proper noun

Pius m

1. Pius

Latin

Etymology

Substantivization of pius (“pious”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈpi.ʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈpiː.us]

Proper noun

Pius m (genitive Piī or Pī); second declension

1. a male given name, particularly as a regnal name of several popes of the Catholic Church
2. a cognomen, particularly of later Roman emperors

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	Pius	Piī
genitive	Piī Pī1	Piōrum
dative	Piō	Piīs
accusative	Pium	Piōs
ablative	Piō	Piīs
vocative	Pī	Piī

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

Derived terms

• PF

Descendants

• Catalan: Pius
• French: Pie
• Italian: Pio
• Portuguese: Pio
• Spanish: Pío
• → Lithuanian: Pijus

See also

• Pia