"Livius" meaning in Latin

See Livius in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: [ˈliː.wi.ʊs] [Classical-Latin], [ˈliː.vi.us] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: The obvious Latin connection would be with līveō (“to be livid”), but some Etruscan origin is not dismissed. Head templates: {{la-proper noun|Līvius<2>|f=Līvia}} Līvius m sg (genitive Līviī or Līvī, feminine Līvia); second declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|Līvius<2>}} Forms: Līvius [canonical, masculine, singular], Līviī [genitive], Līvī [genitive], Līvia [feminine], no-table-tags [table-tags], Līvius [nominative, singular], Līviī [genitive, singular], Līvī [genitive, singular], Līviō [dative, singular], Līvium [accusative, singular], Līviō [ablative, singular], Līvī [singular, vocative]
  1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
    Livius Salinator, a Roman consul
    Tags: declension-2
    Sense id: en-Livius-la-name-G0BLOthN Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin masculine nouns in the second declension, Latin nomina gentilia, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the second declension: 50 50 Disambiguation of Latin nomina gentilia: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 49 51
  2. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
    Livius Andronicus a Roman dramatist and poet
    Tags: declension-2
    Sense id: en-Livius-la-name-61Zv9Anp Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin masculine nouns in the second declension, Latin nomina gentilia, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the second declension: 50 50 Disambiguation of Latin nomina gentilia: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 49 51
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Līvia, Līviānus
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