Duranius

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

The base dur, like the river Durius in Hispania, is from a Latinized Celtic name, from Proto-Celtic *dubros (“water”).

View of the river

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /duˈraː.ni.us/, [d̪ʊˈräːniʊs̠]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /duˈra.ni.us/, [d̪uˈräːnius]

Proper noun

Durānius m sg (genitive Durāniī or Durānī); second declension

  1. A river in Aquitania, now the Dordogne

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Durānius
Genitive Durāniī
Durānī1
Dative Durāniō
Accusative Durānium
Ablative Durāniō
Vocative Durānī

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

References
  • Duranius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • “Duranius”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
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