Varus

See also: varus

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin Varus.

Proper noun

Varus

1. a Roman cognomen

Translations

a Roman cognomen

• Armenian: Վարոս (Varos)
• French: Varus (fr)
• German: Varus
• Greek: Ούαρος (el) (Oúaros)

  Ancient:

• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: Varo (it)
• Latin: Varus
• Russian: Вар (ru) (Var)

Anagrams

• urvas

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Latin

Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯aː.rus/, [ˈu̯äːrʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈva.rus/, [ˈväːrus]

The river in Nice

Proper noun

Vārus m sg (genitive Vārī); second declension

1. A river in Gallia Narbonensis which flows into the Mediterranean Sea near Nicaea, now the Var

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Vārus
Genitive	Vārī
Dative	Vārō
Accusative	Vārum
Ablative	Vārō
Vocative	Vāre

References

• Varus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯aː.rus/, [ˈu̯äːrʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈva.rus/, [ˈväːrus]

Proper noun

Vārus m sg (genitive Vārī); second declension

1. A cognomen in the gens Quintilia

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Vārus
Genitive	Vārī
Dative	Vārō
Accusative	Vārum
Ablative	Vārō
Vocative	Vāre

Derived terms

• Vāriānus

References

• “Vārus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press