Severus

See also: severus

English

Pronunciation

  • enPR: sə-vîrʹəs[1]
  • Hyphenation: Se‧ve‧rus[1]

Proper noun

Severus

  1. An ancient Roman cognomen, notably that of Septimius Severus.

Derived terms

Translations

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 “Severus”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.

Latin

Etymology

From sevērus (“severe”).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Sevērus m sg (genitive Sevērī); second declension

  1. A Roman cognomen — famously held by:
    1. Septimius Severus, a Roman emperor

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

singular
nominative Sevērus
genitive Sevērī
dative Sevērō
accusative Sevērum
ablative Sevērō
vocative Sevēre

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Italian: Severo
  • Portuguese: Sever, Severo

References

  • Severus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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