Afranius

Latin

Etymology

Afranii +‎ -anus, possibly of Picentine (whose language itself is disputed) origin.[1]

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Afrānius m sg (genitive Afrāniī or Afrānī); second declension

  1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
    1. Lucius Afranius, a Roman poet

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

singular
nominative Afrānius
genitive Afrāniī
Afrānī1
dative Afrāniō
accusative Afrānium
ablative Afrāniō
vocative Afrānī

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

Derived terms

  • Afrānia
  • Afrāniānus

Adjective

Afrānius (feminine Afrānia, neuter Afrānium); first/second-declension adjective

  1. of or pertaining to the gens Afrania.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative Afrānius Afrānia Afrānium Afrāniī Afrāniae Afrānia
genitive Afrāniī Afrāniae Afrāniī Afrāniōrum Afrāniārum Afrāniōrum
dative Afrāniō Afrāniae Afrāniō Afrāniīs
accusative Afrānium Afrāniam Afrānium Afrāniōs Afrāniās Afrānia
ablative Afrāniō Afrāniā Afrāniō Afrāniīs
vocative Afrānie Afrānia Afrānium Afrāniī Afrāniae Afrānia

References

  • “Afranius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Afranius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  1. ^ Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, vol. I, p. 55 ("Titus Afranius or Titus Afrenius", No. 8).
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