Traianus
Latin
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editProbably from Trā̆ius + -ānus/-iānus: Trajan's paternal grandmother is assumed to have been from the gens Traia. The source of the nomen Trā̆ius is uncertain, but it may be of Oscan origin.
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /traːˈi̯aː.nus/, [t̪räːˈi̯äːnʊs̠] or IPA(key): /trai̯ˈi̯aː.nus/, [t̪räi̯ˈi̯äːnʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /traˈja.nus/, [t̪räˈjäːnus]
- Traia- scans as two heavy syllables. Given the uncertain etymology, it is unclear whether the first syllable contained a short vowel followed by double /jj/ or a long vowel followed by single /j/. (Many dictionaries mark the vowel as long in either of these contexts.) The pronunciation with short /a/ and double /jj/ would be more consistent with the usual pronunciation of intervocalic -i- as /jj/ in unprefixed Latin words (such as aio, maior, Maius, eius, Troia). The spelling "Traiianus" is attested on some inscriptions, such as the Tabula Banasitana,[1] although this does not necessarily reveal the pronunciation.
Proper noun
editTrā̆iānus m (genitive Trā̆iānī); second declension
Declension
editSecond-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | Trā̆iānus | Trā̆iānī |
Genitive | Trā̆iānī | Trā̆iānōrum |
Dative | Trā̆iānō | Trā̆iānīs |
Accusative | Trā̆iānum | Trā̆iānōs |
Ablative | Trā̆iānō | Trā̆iānīs |
Vocative | Trā̆iāne | Trā̆iānī |
Descendants
editReferences
editFurther reading
edit- “Trāiānus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Trājānus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.