"Darius" meaning in Latin

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Proper name

IPA: [daːˈriː.ʊs] [Classical-Latin], [daˈriː.us] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From Ancient Greek Δᾱρεῖος (Dāreîos), from Old Persian 𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎢𐏁 (d-a-r-y-u-š /⁠Dārayauš⁠/), shortened form of 𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎺𐎢𐏁 (Dārayavaʰuš). Etymology templates: {{der|la|grc|Δᾱρεῖος}} Ancient Greek Δᾱρεῖος (Dāreîos), {{der|la|peo|𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎢𐏁|ts=Dārayauš}} Old Persian 𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎢𐏁 (d-a-r-y-u-š /⁠Dārayauš⁠/) Head templates: {{la-proper noun|Dārīus<2>}} Dārīus m sg (genitive Dārīī); second declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|Dārīus<2>}} Forms: Dārīus [canonical, masculine, singular], Dārīī [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], Dārīus [nominative, singular], Dārīī [genitive, singular], Dārīō [dative, singular], Dārīum [accusative, singular], Dārīō [ablative, singular], Dārīe [singular, vocative], Dārēus [alternative]
  1. Darius Tags: declension-2
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      "lang_code": "en",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "Darius"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "Dario"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "Dario"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "Darío"
    }
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    },
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      },
      "expansion": "Old Persian 𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎢𐏁 (d-a-r-y-u-š /⁠Dārayauš⁠/)",
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    },
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    },
    {
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      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
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      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
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    },
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
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    },
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      "source": "declension",
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        },
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      "id": "en-Darius-la-name-NMl84EI5",
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    },
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      "ipa": "[daˈriː.us]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
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      "raw_tags": [
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      ],
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    },
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      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "Dario"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "Dario"
    },
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      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
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    }
  ],
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      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
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        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
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        "singular"
      ]
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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    },
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
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      ]
    },
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    }
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    }
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        "1": "Dārīus<2>"
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  "pos": "name",
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        "Latin terms derived from Old Persian",
        "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Old Persian terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
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        "Pages with entries"
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      ]
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    },
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      "ipa": "[daˈriː.us]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Darius"
}

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