Sergius
English
    
    
Proper noun
    
Sergius
- A male given name from Latin.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Acts 13:7:- Which was with the deputy of the country, Sergius Paulus, a prudent man; who called for Barnabas and Saul, and desired to hear the word of God.
 
 
Usage notes
    
The English name is mainly historical, but many of the foreign cognates are popular given names.
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Translations
    
male given name
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Latin
    
    Etymology
    
Originally a Roman gens name, or "family name", of obscure meaning. Probably of Etruscan origin,[1] meaning "servant."[2]
Pronunciation
    
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈser.ɡi.us/, [ˈs̠ɛrɡiʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈser.d͡ʒi.us/, [ˈsɛrd͡ʒius]
Declension
    
Second-declension noun, singular only.
| Case | Singular | 
|---|---|
| Nominative | Sergius | 
| Genitive | Sergiī Sergī1 | 
| Dative | Sergiō | 
| Accusative | Sergium | 
| Ablative | Sergiō | 
| Vocative | Sergī | 
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Descendants
    
References
    
- “Sergius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Sergius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Sergio; in: Roberto Faure, Diccionario de nombres propios, 2007, →ISBN
- Hayes, Justin Cord (2013): The Terrible Meanings of Names: Or Why You Shouldn't Poke Your Giselle with a Barry, p. 139
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