Furnius
Latin
Etymology
Maybe from furnus (“oven”) + -ius.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈfʊr.ni.ʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈfur.ni.us]
Proper noun
Furnius m sg (genitive Furniī or Furnī); second declension
- a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
- 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.