Herennius

Latin

Alternative forms

Her. (abbreviation)

Etymology

From an Oscan personal name, probably related to 𐌇𐌄𐌓𐌉𐌉𐌀𐌃 (heriiad, “he wants”) (compare Umbrian 𐌇𐌄𐌓𐌉 (heri)), from Proto-Italic *herjō (“to wish, want”). Probably influenced by Etruscan.^[1]^[2]

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [hɛˈrɛn.ni.ʊs]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [eˈrɛn.ni.us]

Proper noun

Herennius m sg (genitive Herenniī or Herennī); second declension

a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
1. Herennius Senecio, a Roman writer

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Herennius
genitive	Herenniī Herennī¹
dative	Herenniō
accusative	Herennium
ablative	Herenniō
vocative	Herennī

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

Derived terms

Herennia
Herenniānus

References

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

^ Fay, E. W. (1913). Indo-European Verbal Flexion was Analytical (a Return to Bopp). United States: University of Texas, p. 41
^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “440-41”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 440-41

[1] Fay, E. W. (1913). Indo-European Verbal Flexion was Analytical (a Return to Bopp). United States: University of Texas, p. 41

[2] Pokorny, Julius (1959) “440-41”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 440-41

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