Varus
See also: varus
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Etymology 1
From Proto-Indo-European *h₂wer- (“water, rain, flow”); see also the river Avara.[1]
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈu̯aː.rus/, [ˈu̯äːrʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈva.rus/, [ˈväːrus]
The river in Nice
Proper noun
Vārus m sg (genitive Vārī); second declension
- A river in Gallia Narbonensis which flows into the Mediterranean Sea near Nicaea, now the Var
Declension
Second-declension noun, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Vārus |
| Genitive | Vārī |
| Dative | Vārō |
| Accusative | Vārum |
| Ablative | Vārō |
| Vocative | Vāre |
References
- Varus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Delamarre, Xavier (2003). Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: Une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental. Errance, p. 301
Etymology 2
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Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈu̯aː.rus/, [ˈu̯äːrʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈva.rus/, [ˈväːrus]
Declension
Second-declension noun, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Vārus |
| Genitive | Vārī |
| Dative | Vārō |
| Accusative | Vārum |
| Ablative | Vārō |
| Vocative | Vāre |
Derived terms
- Vāriānus
References
- “Vārus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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