Herennius

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From an Oscan personal name.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /heːˈren.ni.us/, [heːˈrɛnːiʊs̠]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /eˈren.ni.us/, [eˈrɛnːius]

Proper noun

Hērennius m sg (genitive Hērenniī or Hērennī); second declension

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

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Hērennius
Genitive Hērenniī
Hērennī1
Dative Hērenniō
Accusative Hērennium
Ablative Hērenniō
Vocative Hērennī

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

Derived terms
  • Hērennia
  • Hērenniānus

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
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