Varius

Latin

Etymology

From Vārus (agnomen and cognomen) +‎ -ius (“-y”, adjective-forming suffix) or directly from vārus (“bent in; knock-kneed; different”) +‎ -ius. Compare Valgus and Valgius.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯a.ri.us/, [ˈu̯äriʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈva.ri.us/, [ˈväːrius]

Proper noun

Varius m sg (genitive Variī or Varī); second declension

1. a nomen (nomen gentile), a family name.

   Lucius Varius Rufus... Sextus Varius Avitus Bassianus...

    

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Varius
Genitive	Variī Varī1
Dative	Variō
Accusative	Varium
Ablative	Variō
Vocative	Varī

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

References

• “Varius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Varius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.