Verrius

Verrius

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯er.ri.us/, [ˈu̯ɛrːiʊs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈver.ri.us/, [ˈvɛrːius]

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.

Case	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