Word.ws English Dictionary

Diocletian

/ˌdaɪ.əˈkliːʃən/

Diocletian proper noun: roman cognomen, particularly borne by the Roman emperor Gaius Aurelius Valerius Diocletianus (245-313).

Proper noun

Diocletian

  1. Roman cognomen, particularly borne by the Roman emperor Gaius Aurelius Valerius Diocletianus (245-313).

Adjective

Diocletian (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to the Roman emperor Diocletian.
    Synonyms:
    Diocletianic

Diocletian meaning in Malay and Indonesian

Diocletian in Malay

Roman cognomen
Diocletian

Diocletian in Indonesian

Roman cognomen
Diocletianus

Synonyms of Diocletian

Origin of Diocletian

From Latin Dioclētiānus, Latinate form of Ancient Greek Διοκλῆς (Dioklês). The Roman emperor was named so after his home town of Dioclea in Illyricum.

Words formed from Diocletian

Phrases with Diocletian

Questions about Diocletian

What does Diocletian mean?
Diocletian means roman cognomen, particularly borne by the Roman emperor Gaius Aurelius Valerius Diocletianus (245-313).
What is Diocletian in Malay?
Diocletian in Malay is Diocletian. See Diocletian meaning in Malay.
What part of speech is Diocletian?
Diocletian can be a proper noun or an adjective.
How do you pronounce Diocletian?
Diocletian is pronounced /ˌdaɪ.əˈkliːʃən/.

Words near Diocletian in the dictionary

  1. dioch
  2. diochs
  3. diock
  4. diocks
  5. Diocles
  6. Diocletian
  7. Diocletian window
  8. Diocletian windows
  9. Diocletianic
  10. diocotron
  11. diocotron instabilities

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Diocletian (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Pronunciation audio from Wikimedia Commons, each file under its own free license: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Sumxr-Diocletian.wav.

Cite this entry: “Diocletian.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/diocletian. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.