Varius

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯a.ri.us/, [ˈu̯äriʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈva.ri.us/, [ˈväːrius]

Proper noun

Varius m sg (genitive Variī or Varī); second declension

1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
   1. Lucius Varius Rufus, a Roman poet

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Varius
Genitive	Variī Varī1
Dative	Variō
Accusative	Varium
Ablative	Variō
Vocative	Varī

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

References

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