Coriolanus

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Latin

Etymology

Derived from Corioli (name of a town) +‎ -ānus (-an, adjectival derivational suffix).

Pronunciation

Adjective

Coriolānus (feminine Coriolāna, neuter Coriolānum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. Of, or from, Corioli

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Proper noun

Coriolānus m (genitive Coriolānī); second declension

  1. A Roman cognomen — famously held by:
    1. Gaius Marcius Coriolanus, a Roman general

Declension

Second-declension noun.

References

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