Adranum

Latin

Alternative forms

  • Hādrānum

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀδρᾱνόν (Adrānón).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Adrānum n sg (genitive Adrānī); second declension

  1. a city in interior Sicily, situated at the foot of the mount Aetna, now Adrano

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only.

singular
nominative Adrānum
genitive Adrānī
dative Adrānō
accusative Adrānum
ablative Adrānō
vocative Adrānum
locative Adrānī

Derived terms

  • Adrānītānī
  • Adrānītānus

Descendants

  • Italian: Adrano
  • Sicilian: Dirnò

References

  • “Hādrānum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “Adranum”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
  • Hadranum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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