Hadrianus

Latin

Alternative forms

• Adriānus

Etymology

From Hadria (“a city in Picenum, site of modern Atri”) +‎ -ānus, perhaps from Etruscan 𐌇𐌀𐌕𐌓𐌉𐌀 (hatria). See Adriatic.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ha.driˈaː.nus/, [häd̪riˈäːnʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a.driˈa.nus/, [äd̪riˈäːnus]

Proper noun

Hadriānus m sg (genitive Hadriānī); second declension

1. name of the Roman Emperor Hadrian
2. a male given name, equivalent to English Hadrian

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Hadriānus
Genitive	Hadriānī
Dative	Hadriānō
Accusative	Hadriānum
Ablative	Hadriānō
Vocative	Hadriāne

Descendants

• Catalan: Adrià
• Danish: Adrian
• Dutch: Adriaan, Arjan, Arjen
• English: Hadrian, Adrian
• French: Adrien
• German: Adrian
• Hungarian: Adorján
• Italian: Adriano
• Latvian: Adriāns, Adrians
• Portuguese: Adrião, → Adriano
• Sicilian: Atrianu
• Spanish: Adrián
• Ukrainian: Адріа́н (Adrián)

References

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