Sergius
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
A saint's name, from Latin Sergius. Doublet of Sergey.
Proper noun[edit]
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[edit]
The English name is mainly historical, but many of the foreign cognates are popular given names.
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
male given name
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Anagrams[edit]
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Originally a Roman gens name, or "family name", of obscure meaning. Probably of Etruscan origin,[1] meaning "servant."[2]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈser.ɡi.us/, [ˈs̠ɛrɡiʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈser.d͡ʒi.us/, [ˈsɛrd͡ʒius]
Proper noun[edit]
Sergius m sg (genitive Sergiī or Sergī); second declension
- a male given name
Declension[edit]
Second-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
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Nominative | Sergius |
Genitive | Sergiī Sergī1 |
Dative | Sergiō |
Accusative | Sergium |
Ablative | Sergiō |
Vocative | Sergī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Descendants[edit]
- Ancient Greek: Σέργιος (Sérgios)
- Catalan: Sergi
- Classical Syriac: ܣܪܓܝܣ (Sargis)
- French: Serge
- Armenian: Սերժ (Serž)
- Italian: Sergio
- Polish: Sergiusz
- Portuguese: Sérgio
- Romanian: Sergiu
- Spanish: Sergio
- Albanian: Shirgji
References[edit]
- “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.
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