Afranius
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Afranii + -anus, possibly of Picentine (whose language itself is disputed) origin.[1]
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /aˈfraː.ni.us/, [äˈfräːniʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /aˈfra.ni.us/, [äˈfräːnius]
Proper noun edit
Afrānius m sg (genitive Afrāniī or Afrānī); second declension
- a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
- Lucius Afranius, a Roman poet
Declension edit
Second-declension noun, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Afrānius |
| Genitive | Afrāniī Afrānī1 |
| Dative | Afrāniō |
| Accusative | Afrānium |
| Ablative | Afrāniō |
| Vocative | Afrānī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Derived terms edit
Adjective edit
Afrānius (feminine Afrānia, neuter Afrānium); first/second-declension adjective
- of or pertaining to the gens Afrania.
Declension edit
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | Afrānius | Afrānia | Afrānium | Afrāniī | Afrāniae | Afrānia | |
| Genitive | Afrāniī | Afrāniae | Afrāniī | Afrāniōrum | Afrāniārum | Afrāniōrum | |
| Dative | Afrāniō | Afrāniō | Afrāniīs | ||||
| Accusative | Afrānium | Afrāniam | Afrānium | Afrāniōs | Afrāniās | Afrānia | |
| Ablative | Afrāniō | Afrāniā | Afrāniō | Afrāniīs | |||
| Vocative | Afrānie | Afrānia | Afrānium | Afrāniī | Afrāniae | Afrānia | |
References edit
- “Afranius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Afranius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- ^ Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, vol. I, p. 55 ("Titus Afranius or Titus Afrenius", No. 8).