Nero
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Nero
- Roman Emperor from 54 to 68, and the last Emperor of the Julio-Claudian dynasty.
- An agnomen first held by Tiberius Claudius Nero, an ancestor of Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius and Nero.
- Any male member of the family Claudii Nerones, within the gens Claudia into which emperor Nero was adopted by emperor Claudius.
- A male given name from Latin, more common in fiction than in real life.
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Translations
Roman Emperor from 54 to 68
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Noun
Nero (plural Neros)
- Any cruel and wicked tyrant.
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Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *nēr (“man”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂nḗr, whence Ancient Greek ἀνήρ (anḗr).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈne.roː/, [ˈnɛroː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈne.ro/, [ˈnɛːro]
Proper noun
Nerō m sg (genitive Nerōnis); third declension
- Roman Emperor from 54 to 68, and the last Emperor of the Julio-Claudian dynasty.
- An agnomen first held by Tiberius Claudius Nero, an ancestor of Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius and Nero.
- Any male member of the family Claudii Nerones, within the gens Claudia into which emperor Nero was adopted by emperor Claudius.
Declension
Third-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
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Nominative | Nerō |
Genitive | Nerōnis |
Dative | Nerōnī |
Accusative | Nerōnem |
Ablative | Nerōne |
Vocative | Nerō |
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Descendants
References
- “Nero”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Nero in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1026.
- “Nero”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “Nero”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
- “Nero”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia[1]
- Nero in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
Old Portuguese
Etymology
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Nero
- Nero (Roman emperor)
- 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, cantiga 67 (facsimile):
- […] que non foi feito tan grãde ben deſ lo tempo de nero
- […] which hadn’t been done so greatly since the times of Nero.
- […] que non foi feito tan grãde ben deſ lo tempo de nero
Descendants
- Portuguese: Nero
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese Nero, from Latin Nero.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: Ne‧ro
- Rhymes: -ɛɾu
Proper noun
Nero m
- Nero (Roman emperor)
Noun
Nero m (plural Neros)
Slovak
Etymology
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Nero m (genitive singular Neróna, declension pattern of chlap)
Declension
Declension of Nero
Derived terms
References
- “Nero”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024
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