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Latin
Etymology
From Hadria (“a city in Picenum, site of modern Atri”) + -ānus, perhaps from Etruscan 𐌇𐌀𐌕𐌓𐌉𐌀 (hatria). See Adriatic.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Hadriānus m sg (genitive Hadriānī); second declension
- name of the Roman Emperor Hadrian
- a male given name, equivalent to English Hadrian
Declension
Second-declension noun, singular only.
Descendants
References
- “Hadrianus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Hadrianus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.