Thoranius

Latin

Alternative forms

• Torānius

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /tʰoˈraː.ni.us/, [t̪ʰɔˈräːniʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /toˈra.ni.us/, [t̪oˈräːnius]

Proper noun

Thorānius m sg (genitive Thorāniī or Thorānī); second declension

1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
   1. Gaius Thoranius, the tutor of Octavianus

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Thorānius
Genitive	Thorāniī Thorānī1
Dative	Thorāniō
Accusative	Thorānium
Ablative	Thorāniō
Vocative	Thorānī

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

References

• “Thoranius”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
• Thoranius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.