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8-letter words that end in ius

  • aloysius — Saint. full name Aloysius Luigi Gonzaga. 1568–91, Italian Jesuit who died nursing plague victims; the patron saint of youth. Feast day: June 21
  • antonius — Marcus (ˈmɑːkəs)
  • apuleius — Lucius (ˈluːsɪəs). 2nd century ad, Roman writer, noted for his romance The Golden Ass
  • aquarius — Aquarius is one of the twelve signs of the zodiac. Its symbol is a person pouring water. People who are born approximately between 20th January and 18th February come under this sign.
  • arcesius — a son of Zeus and Euryodia, father of Laertes, and grandfather of Odysseus.
  • arminius — ?17 bc–?21 ad, Germanic chieftain: organized a revolt against the Romans in 9 ad
  • ascanius — the son of Aeneas and Creusa; founder of Alba Longa, mother city of Rome
  • aurelius — Marcus(Marcus Aurelius Antoninus) a.d. 121-180; Rom. emperor (161-180) & Stoic philosopher
  • ausonius — Decimus Magnus (ˈdɛsɪməs ˈmæɡnəs). ?310–?395 ad, Latin poet, born in Gaul
  • bacchius — a metrical foot of one short syllable followed by two long ones (◡ – –)
  • basiliusSaint, Basil, Saint.
  • boethius — Anicius Manlius Severinus (əˈnɪsɪəs ˈmænlɪəs ˌsɛvəˈraɪnəs). ?480–?524 ad, Roman philosopher and statesman, noted particularly for his work De Consolatione Philosophiae. He was accused of treason and executed by Theodoric
  • claudius — full name Tiberius Claudius Drusus Nero Germanicus. 10 bc–54 ad, Roman emperor (41–54); invaded Britain (43); poisoned by his fourth wife, Agrippina
  • clausius — Rudolf Julius (ˈruːdɔlf ˈjuːliʊs). 1822–88, German physicist and mathematician. He enunciated the second law of thermodynamics (1850) and developed the kinetic theory of gases
  • comenius — John Amos, Czech name Jan Amos Komensky. 1592–1670, Czech educational reformer
  • denarius — a silver coin of ancient Rome, often called a penny in translation
  • dibelius — Martin [mahr-tn;; German mahr-teen] /ˈmɑr tn;; German ˈmɑr tin/ (Show IPA), 1883–1947, German theologian.
  • dochmius — a five-syllable foot, characteristic of ancient Greek dramas
  • eusebius — ?265–?340 ad, bishop of Caesarea: author of a history of the Christian Church to 324 ad
  • favonius — the ancient Roman personification of the west wind.
  • galerius — full name Gaius Galerius Valerius Maximianus. ?250–311 ad, Eastern Roman Emperor (305–311): noted for his persecution of Christians
  • gelasius — (Giovanni de Gaeta) died 1119, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1118–19.
  • heveliusJohannes (Johann Hewel or Hewelke) 1611–87, Polish astronomer: charted the moon's surface and discovered four comets.
  • hilariusSaint, died a.d. 468, pope 461–468.
  • honorius — (Giacomo Savelli) 1210–87, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1285–87.
  • horatius — (Publius Horatius Cocles) Roman Legend. a hero celebrated for his defense of the bridge over the Tiber against the Etruscans.
  • ignatiusSaint (Ignatius Theophorus) a.d. c40–107? bishop of Antioch and Apostolic Father.
  • ingenius — Misspelling of ingenious.
  • inradius — the radius of the circle inscribed in a triangle.
  • liberius — died a.d. 366, pope 352–366.
  • lucilius — Gaius [gey-uh s] /ˈgeɪ əs/ (Show IPA), c180–102? b.c, Roman satirist.
  • mamurius — a smith who made 11 copies of the Ancile to prevent thieves from recognizing the original.
  • manutius — Aldus [awl-duh s,, al-] /ˈɔl dəs,, ˈæl-/ (Show IPA), (Teobaldo Mannucci or Manuzio) 1450–1515, Italian printer and classical scholar.
  • nauplius — (in many crustaceans) a larval form with three pairs of appendages and a single median eye, occurring usually as the first stage of development after leaving the egg.
  • octavius — a male given name.
  • pelagius — died a.d. 590, pope 579–590.
  • petavius — a walled plain in the fourth quadrant of the face of the moon: about 100 miles (160 km) in diameter from crest to crest.
  • polonius — the sententious father of Ophelia in Shakespeare's Hamlet.
  • polybius — c205–c123 b.c, Greek historian.
  • risorius — a facial muscle responsible for smiling
  • scorpius — a large zodiacal constellation lying between Libra and Sagittarius and crossed by the Milky Way. It contains the first magnitude star Antares
  • senarius — a Latin verse of six feet, especially an iambic trimeter.
  • sibelius — Jean (Julius Christian) [zhahn yoo-lyoo s kris-tyahn] /ʒɑn ˈyu lyʊs ˈkrɪs tyɑn/ (Show IPA), 1865–1957, Finnish composer.
  • siriciusSaint, died a.d. 399, pope 384–399.
  • splenius — a broad muscle on each side of the back of the neck and the upper part of the thoracic region, the action of which draws the head backward and assists in turning it to one side.
  • thespius — the founder of the city of Thespiae and the father, by Megamede, of 50 daughters, all of whom bore sons to Hercules.
  • tiberius — (Tiberius Claudius Nero Caesar) 42 b.c.–a.d. 37, Roman emperor 14–37.
  • tiselius — Arne [ahr-nuh] /ˈɑr nə/ (Show IPA), 1902–71, Swedish biochemist: Nobel prize 1948.
  • topelius — Zakarias [sah-kah-ree-ahs] /ˌsɑ kɑˈri ɑs/ (Show IPA), 1818–98, Finnish poet and novelist.
  • vesalius — Andreas [ahn-dre-ahs] /ɑnˈdrɛ ɑs/ (Show IPA), 1514–64, Flemish anatomist.

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