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Latin
Etymology
Of uncertain origin, but possibly a hydronym from a suffixed zero-grade form of Proto-Indo-European *h₂wer- (“water, rain, flow”), similar to the river Avara. The town is close to the confluence of the Anio and Digentia.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Varia f sg (genitive Variae); first declension
- A town of the Sabines situated in the valley of the Anio, now Vicovaro
Declension
First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
References
- “Varia”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
- Varia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.