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Hadrianus
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Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Hadria (“a city in Picenum, site of modern Atri”) + -ānus, perhaps from Etruscan 𐌇𐌀𐌕𐌓𐌉𐌀 (hatria). See Adriatic.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ha.driˈaː.nʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [a.driˈaː.nus]
Proper noun
Hadriānus m sg (genitive Hadriānī); second declension
- name of the Roman Emperor Hadrian
- a male given name, equivalent to English Hadrian
Declension
Second-declension noun, singular only.
Descendants
- Catalan: Adrià
- Danish: Adrian
- Dutch: Adriaan, Arjan, Arjen
- English: Hadrian, Adrian
- Franco-Provençal: Adriyin
- French: Adrien
- German: Adrian
- Hungarian: Adorján
- Italian: Adriano
- Latvian: Adriāns, Adrians
- Polish: Adrian
- Portuguese: Adrião, → Adriano
- Sicilian: Atrianu
- Spanish: Adrián
- Ukrainian: Адріа́н (Adrián)
References
- “Hadrianus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Hadrianus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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