Hadrianus

Latin

Alternative forms

• Adriānus

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

1. name of the Roman Emperor Hadrian
2. a male given name, equivalent to English Hadrian

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Hadriānus
genitive	Hadriānī
dative	Hadriānō
accusative	Hadriānum
ablative	Hadriānō
vocative	Hadriāne

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.