Lurius

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈlu.ri.us/, [ˈɫ̪ʊriʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈlu.ri.us/, [ˈluːrius]

Proper noun

Lurius m sg (genitive Luriī or Lurī); second declension

1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
   1. Marcus Lurius, a governor of Sardinia

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Lurius
Genitive	Luriī Lurī1
Dative	Luriō
Accusative	Lurium
Ablative	Luriō
Vocative	Lurī

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

References

• “M. Lurius”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray