Erucius

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /eˈru.ki.us/, [ɛˈrʊkiʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /eˈru.t͡ʃi.us/, [eˈruːt͡ʃius]

Proper noun

Erucius m sg (genitive Eruciī or Erucī); second declension

1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
   1. Sextus Erucius Clarus, a Roman senator

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Erucius
Genitive	Eruciī Erucī1
Dative	Eruciō
Accusative	Erucium
Ablative	Eruciō
Vocative	Erucī

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

References

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