Claudius

proper nounattested in dialogue

United Kingdom//ˈklɔːdiəs//
United States//ˈklɔdiəs//

A male given name from Latin.

proper noun

1
A male given name from Latin.
[H]e […] wrote a letter in this maner. Claudius Liſias vnto the moſt mighty ruelar Felix ſendeth gretyngꝭ.
King Claudius is the Emperor Claudius, who "committed incest with Agrippina, married her and adopted her son Nero." The two Claudiuses have several traits in common (drunkenness, violent temper, love of gambling, e.g.).
Vespasian, a simple man, always laughed because so many Julii and Claudii were made divine after their deaths. On his deathbed he said, “Alas! I think I’m becoming a god.”
Busy accepting the good wishes of all the other guests, Titus was able to pay only passing attention to Gnaeus. He worried that his friend might feel a bit out of place amid so many Claudii and Potitii, or, given his sensitivities, might experience a bit of envy, perhaps even resentment, at seeing the trappings of the patrician wedding he himself would never experience.
2
The Roman emperor "Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus".

Etymology

From Latin Claudius. Doublet of Claude.

Forms

plural: Claudiuses, Claudii

clattering · In a state or process of being clattered.Claude · A male given name from Latin.Claudia · A female given name from Latin, masculine equivalent Claudius.

Claudius · A male given name from Latin.

Claus · A male given name from Dutch or from German [in turn from…clause · A group of words that contains a subject and a verb; it may…Clause · A surname.

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