Varus
See also: varus
English edit
Etymology edit
Proper noun edit
Varus
- a Roman cognomen
Translations edit
a Roman cognomen
Anagrams edit
Latin edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Indo-European *h₂wer- (“water, rain, flow”); see also the river Avara.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈu̯aː.rus/, [ˈu̯äːrʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈva.rus/, [ˈväːrus]
Proper noun edit
Vārus m sg (genitive Vārī); second declension
- Var (a river in Gallia Narbonensis), which flowed into the Mediterranean Sea near Nicaea
Declension edit
Second-declension noun, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Vārus |
| Genitive | Vārī |
| Dative | Vārō |
| Accusative | Vārum |
| Ablative | Vārō |
| Vocative | Vāre |
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
From vārus (“bent inwards; knock-kneed”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈu̯aː.rus/, [ˈu̯äːrʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈva.rus/, [ˈväːrus]
Proper noun edit
Vārus m sg (genitive Vārī); second declension
Declension edit
Second-declension noun, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Vārus |
| Genitive | Vārī |
| Dative | Vārō |
| Accusative | Vārum |
| Ablative | Vārō |
| Vocative | Vāre |
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
References edit
- Varus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Vārus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Varus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “Varus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
- Xavier Delamarre, Dictionnaire de la Langue Gauloise..., Errance, 2003, p. 301.
- George Davis Chase, "Origin of Roman Praenomina", Harvard Studies in Classical Philology, Vol. 8, 1897, p. 109.