Persius

From Etruscan 𐌐𐌄𐌓𐌔𐌖 (persu), though the ultimate origin is uncertain. Possibly a late, unaspirated version of 𐌘𐌄𐌓𐌔𐌖 (φersu, “mask”).

The name has been confused with Ancient Greek Περσεύς (Perseús, “Perseus”) because of some Etruscan artifacts transcribing the hero's name with the same spelling.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈper.si.us/, [ˈpɛrs̠iʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈper.si.us/, [ˈpɛrsius]

Persius m sg (genitive Persiī or Persī); second declension

1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
   1. Aulus Persius Flaccus, a Roman poet

Second-declension noun, singular only.

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

• Persia
• Persiānus

• “Persius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Persius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Nielsen: Late Etruscan Cinerary Urns, published in The J. Paul Getty Museum Journal: Volume 14, 1986