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Etymology edit

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Pronunciation edit

Proper noun edit

Vārēnus m sg (genitive Vārēnī); second declension

  1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
    1. Lucius Varenus, a man accused of murder and defended by Cicero

Declension edit

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Vārēnus
Genitive Vārēnī
Dative Vārēnō
Accusative Vārēnum
Ablative Vārēnō
Vocative Vārēne

References edit

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