Duranius

Latin

Alternative forms

• Dorononia (Gregory of Tours)
• Dornonia (Eguihard)
• Dordonia (Aimon)

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]
• (modern Italianate 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