Masius

Named after Luigi Masi, Italian republican and secretary to Bonaparte. For the surname, see Masi.[1]

Masius m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Pipridae.

• Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Μάσιος (Másios).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈma.si.us/, [ˈmäs̠iʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈma.si.us/, [ˈmäːs̬ius]

Masius m sg (genitive Masiī or Masī); second declension

1. A range of mountains which form the northern boundary of Mesopotamia

Second-declension noun, singular only.

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

• “Masius”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly