Varius

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Classical) 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

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.

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