Laurentius

Latin

Etymology

From Laurentum +‎ -ius.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɫau̯ˈrɛn.ti.ʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [lau̯ˈrɛn.t͡si.us]

Proper noun

Laurentius m (genitive Laurentiī or Laurentī); second declension

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Laurence

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	Laurentius	Laurentiī
genitive	Laurentiī Laurentī1	Laurentiōrum
dative	Laurentiō	Laurentiīs
accusative	Laurentium	Laurentiōs
ablative	Laurentiō	Laurentiīs
vocative	Laurentī	Laurentiī

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

Descendants

• Old Galician-Portuguese: Lourenço
  • Galician: Lourenzo
  • Portuguese: Lourenço
• Old Leonese: Lorienzo
  • Asturian: Llorienzo
  • Mirandese: Lhourienço
  • Mirandese: Lhourinda^?
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Old French: Lorenz
    • Middle French: Laurent, Laurens
      • French: Laurent
    • → Middle English: Lorens, Lorenz

Unsorted:

• Italian: Lorenzo
• Catalan: Llorenç
• Occitan: Laurenç
• Spanish: Lorenzo, Llorente
• → Romanian: Laurențiu, Lorenț
• → English: Laurence, Lawrence
• → German: Lorenz, Laurenz
• → Hungarian: Lorenc
• → Danish: Lars
• → Norwegian: Lars
• → Swedish: Lars
• → Finnish: Lauri
• → Faroese: Laars, Lars
• → Icelandic: Lars, Lárentíus, Lafrans
• → Albanian: Renës, Renes
• → Dutch: Laurens