"Valerius" meaning in All languages combined

See Valerius on Wiktionary

Proper name [English]

Etymology: From Latin Valerius. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|Valerius}} Latin Valerius Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Valerius
  1. A male given name from Latin of mostly historical use in English. Related terms: Val, Valeria, Valerie Translations (male given name): Вале́ри (Valéri) [masculine] (Bulgarian), Valéry (French), Valerio (Italian), Valerius (Latin), Вале́рий (Valérij) [masculine] (Russian), Вале́рій (Valérij) [masculine] (Ukrainian)

Proper name [Latin]

IPA: /u̯aˈle.ri.us/ [Classical-Latin], [u̯äˈɫ̪ɛriʊs] [Classical-Latin], /vaˈle.ri.us/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [väˈlɛːrius] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From earlier Valesios, from valeō (“to be healthy, strong”). Head templates: {{la-proper noun|Valerius<2>}} Valerius m sg (genitive Valeriī or Valerī); second declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|Valerius<2>}} Forms: Valeriī [genitive], Valerī [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], Valerius [nominative, singular], Valeriī [genitive, singular], Valerī [genitive, singular], Valeriō [dative, singular], Valerium [accusative, singular], Valeriō [ablative, singular], Valerī [singular, vocative]
  1. Name of a patrician Roman gens. Tags: declension-2, masculine, singular

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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