"dusius" meaning in Latin

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Noun

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰwes-? Gaulish *dusiosbor. Latin dusius Borrowed from Gaulish *dusios (“incubus, monster”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwes- (“to breathe; spirit”). Compare Proto-Slavic *duša (“spirit, soul”). Etymology templates: {{ety|la|:bor|cel-gau:*dusios<t:incubus, monster><ety:uder<<unc>><ine-pro:*dʰwes-<t:to breathe; spirit>>>|text=2|title=dusius|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰwes-? Gaulish *dusiosbor. Latin dusius [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "gloss" : "incubus, monster", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "gloss" : "to breathe; spirit", "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*dʰwes-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "is_uncertain" : true, "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "uder" } ], "lang_name" : "Gaulish", "term" : "*dusios", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "cel-gau" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "dusius", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" }" data-lang="la" data-title="dusius"> Borrowed from Gaulish *dusios (“incubus, monster”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwes- (“to breathe; spirit”)., {{cog|sla-pro|*duša|t=spirit, soul}} Proto-Slavic *duša (“spirit, soul”), {{ety|la|:bor|cel-gau:*dusios<t:incubus, monster><ety:uder<<unc>><ine-pro:*dʰwes-<t:to breathe; spirit>>>|text=2|title=dusius|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰwes-? Gaulish *dusiosbor. Latin dusius Borrowed from Gaulish *dusios (“incubus, monster”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwes- (“to breathe; spirit”). Head templates: {{la-noun|dusius<2>}} dusius m (genitive dusiī or dusī); second declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|dusius<2>}} Forms: dusiī [genitive], dusī [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], dusius [nominative, singular], dusiī [nominative, plural], dusiī [genitive, singular], dusī [genitive, singular], dusiōrum [genitive, plural], dusiō [dative, singular], dusiīs [dative, plural], dusium [accusative, singular], dusiōs [accusative, plural], dusiō [ablative, singular], dusiīs [ablative, plural], dusie [singular, vocative], dusiī [plural, vocative]
  1. a kind of evil spirit Tags: declension-2, masculine
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