Traius
Latin
Alternative forms
- Trā̆jus
Etymology
Likely of Oscan origin. Compare Staius. Per Caballos Rufino 2014, from the name of the town Trea[1] or Treia in Picenum (mentioned in Pliny the Elder's Naturalis Historia 3.111 in the form of the demonymic adjective Traienses/Traenses/Treienses/Treenses).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈtraː.jʊs], [ˈtraj.jʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈt̪raː.jus]
Proper noun
Trā̆ius m sg (genitive Trā̆iī or Trā̆ī); second declension
- a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name".
Declension
Second-declension noun, singular only.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Trā̆ius |
| genitive | Trā̆iī Trā̆ī1 |
| dative | Trā̆iō |
| accusative | Trā̆ium |
| ablative | Trā̆iō |
| vocative | Trā̆ī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Derived terms
- Trā̆iānus (possibly)
References
- ^ Caballos Rufino, Antonio (2014) “Las raíces familiares de Trajano”, in Trajan und seine Städte : Colloquium Cluj-Napoca, 29. September-2. Oktober 2013, page 15
Further reading
- Traia gens on Wikipedia.Wikipedia