grotius

1. 1.

   Dutch jurist and diplomat whose writings established the basis of modern international law (1583-1645)

   SynonymsHugo GrotiusHuig de Groot

   Broaderjuristdiplomat

Other forms of grotius

plural

grotiuses·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about grotius

What does grotius mean?

grotius means "Dutch jurist and diplomat whose writings established the basis of modern international law (1583-1645)".

How many syllables are in grotius?

grotius has 3 syllables: gro-ti-us. The stress falls on "gro".

What is another word for grotius?

Close synonyms include Hugo Grotius, Huig de Groot. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is grotius a common word?

grotius is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.