Bolanus

Latin

Etymology

Bōla (“a city in Latium”) +‎ -ānus

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /boːˈlaː.nus/, [boːˈɫ̪äːnʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /boˈla.nus/, [boˈläːnus]

Proper noun

Bōlānus m sg (genitive Bōlānī); second declension

1. A resident of Bola
2. A Roman cognomen, famously held by:
   1. Marcus Vettius Bolanus, a Roman senator

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Bōlānus
Genitive	Bōlānī
Dative	Bōlānō
Accusative	Bōlānum
Ablative	Bōlānō
Vocative	Bōlāne

References

• Bolanus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Bolanus, Vettius”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray