Verrius

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Proper noun

Verrius m sg (genitive Verriī or Verrī); second declension

  1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
    1. Verrius Flaccus, a Roman grammarian

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

singular
nominative Verrius
genitive Verriī
Verrī1
dative Verriō
accusative Verrium
ablative Verriō
vocative Verrī

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

Derived terms

  • Verria

References

  • “Verrius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Verrius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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