cuius

Meaning

Pron

genitive masculine/feminine/neuter singular of quī

Det

1. (declension-1, declension-2, determiner, interrogative) whose?
2. (declension-1, declension-2, determiner, relative) whose

Concepts

whose

the vices OF WHOM were many

Synonyms

quarum

quorum

Translations

duquel

cuyas

deren

cui

cuya

dont

qui

dessen

van wie

wiens

wier

cuja

cujo

cuyo

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈkʊj.jʊs]

Etymology

From the earlier quoius (the standard spelling until the early Empire), either from Proto-Italic *kʷojjos, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷosyo secondarily marked with the gen. sg. *-s, or from Proto-Indo-European *kʷo-s-yo-s, a thematic adjective like Ancient Greek ποῖος (poîos, “of what sort?”) and Oscan púiiu (“cuia”), púiieh (“cuius”). The latter is more likely, since if the adjectival use had been a later development, it is hard to explain why eius, with its adjective counterpart suus, did not share this development. This genitive formation (probably original in pronouns) also appears in nominal forms like VALESIOSIO (on the Lapis Satricanus, early 5th c. BC), but in these it was ultimately displaced by -ī.