Furnius

Furnius

Latin

Etymology

Maybe from furnus (“oven”) +‎ -ius.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈfur.ni.us/, [ˈfʊrniʊs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfur.ni.us/, [ˈfurnius]

Proper noun

Furnius m sg (genitive Furniī or Furnī); second declension

1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
   1. Gaius Furnius, a Roman consul

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Furnius
Genitive	Furniī Furnī1
Dative	Furniō
Accusative	Furnium
Ablative	Furniō
Vocative	Furnī

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

Derived terms

• Furniānus

References

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