thronus

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Latin

thronus

Etymology

    Borrowed from Ancient Greek θρόνος (thrónos).

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    thronus m (genitive thronī); second declension

    1. a throne
    2. an angelic order

    Declension

    Second-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative thronus thronī
    genitive thronī thronōrum
    dative thronō thronīs
    accusative thronum thronōs
    ablative thronō thronīs
    vocative throne thronī

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • Old Galician-Portuguese: trõo
    Borrowings

    Some Romance languages may have instead inherited the word.

    References

    • thronus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • thronus 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)
    • thronus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
    • thronus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • thronus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin