Furnius

Latin

Etymology

Maybe from furnus (oven) +‎ -ius.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Furnius m sg (genitive Furniī or Furnī); second declension

  1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
    1. Gaius Furnius, a Roman consul

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

singular
nominative Furnius
genitive Furniī
Furnī1
dative Furniō
accusative Furnium
ablative Furniō
vocative Furnī

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

Derived terms

  • Furniānus

References

  • 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.