Granius

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡraː.ni.us/, [ˈɡräːniʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡra.ni.us/, [ˈɡräːnius]

Proper noun

Grānius m sg (genitive Grāniī or Grānī); second declension

1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
   1. Granius Licinianus, a Roman historian

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Grānius
Genitive	Grāniī Grānī1
Dative	Grāniō
Accusative	Grānium
Ablative	Grāniō
Vocative	Grānī

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

Derived terms

• Grānia
• Grāniānus

References

• “Granius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Granius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.