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English
Etymology
From Latin Nerō.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Nero
- Roman Emperor from 54 to 68, and the last Emperor of the Julio-Claudian dynasty.
- An agnomen first held by Tiberius Claudius Nero, an ancestor of Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius and Nero.
- Any male member of the family Claudii Nerones, within the gens Claudia into which emperor Nero was adopted by emperor Claudius.
- A male given name from Latin, more common in fiction than in real life.
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Translations
Roman Emperor from 54 to 68
Noun
Nero (plural Neros)
- Any cruel and wicked tyrant.
References
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *nēr (“man”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂nḗr, whence Ancient Greek ἀνήρ (anḗr).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Nerō m sg (genitive Nerōnis); third declension
- Roman Emperor from 54 to 68, and the last Emperor of the Julio-Claudian dynasty.
- An agnomen first held by Tiberius Claudius Nero, an ancestor of Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius and Nero.
- Any male member of the family Claudii Nerones, within the gens Claudia into which emperor Nero was adopted by emperor Claudius.
Declension
Third-declension noun, singular only.
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “Nero”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Nero in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1026.
- “Nero”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “Nero”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
- “Nero”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia
- Nero in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
Old Czech
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Nero m pers
- a male given name
Declension
Further reading
Old Galician-Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin Nero.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Nero
- Nero (Roman emperor)
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- que non foi feito tan grãde ben deſ lo tempo de nero
- which hadn’t been done so greatly since the times of Nero.
Descendants
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese Nero, from Latin Nerō.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɛɾu
- Hyphenation: Ne‧ro
Proper noun
Nero m
- Nero (Roman emperor)
Noun
Nero m (plural Neros)
- an excessively opulent or cruel statesman
Slovak
Etymology
Derived from Latin Nero.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Nero m pers (genitive singular Neróna, declension pattern of chlap)
- Nero
Declension
Derived terms
References
- “Nero”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024