Duranius

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Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

The base dur, like the river Durius in Hispania, is from a Latinized Celtic name, from Proto-Celtic *dubros (“water”).

View of the river

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Durānius m sg (genitive Durāniī or Durānī); second declension

  1. A river in Aquitania, now the Dordogne

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

singular
nominative Durānius
genitive Durāniī
Durānī1
dative Durāniō
accusative Durānium
ablative Durāniō
vocative Durānī

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

References

  • Duranius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “Duranius”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
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