Furnius
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Maybe from furnus (“oven”) + -ius.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈfur.ni.us/, [ˈfʊrniʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈfur.ni.us/, [ˈfurnius]
Proper noun edit
Furnius m sg (genitive Furniī or Furnī); second declension
- a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
- Gaius Furnius, a Roman consul
Declension edit
Second-declension noun, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Furnius |
| Genitive | Furniī Furnī1 |
| Dative | Furniō |
| Accusative | Furnium |
| Ablative | Furniō |
| Vocative | Furnī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “Furnius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Furnius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.