dusius

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *dʰwes-?
Gaulish *dusiosbor.
Latin dusius

    Borrowed from Gaulish *dusios (“incubus, monster”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwes- (“to breathe; spirit”). Compare Proto-Slavic *duša (“spirit, soul”).

    Noun

    dusius m (genitive dusiī or dusī); second declension

    1. a kind of evil spirit

    Declension

    Second-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative dusius dusiī
    genitive dusiī
    dusī1     		dusiōrum
    dative dusiō dusiīs
    accusative dusium dusiōs
    ablative dusiō dusiīs
    vocative dusie dusiī

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

    References

    • “dusius”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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