Fannius

Latin

Etymology

Unknown, but possibly connected to fānor, fānum (“shrine, temple, sanctuary, place dedicated to a deity”). Chase (1897) connects it to Fadus, Fadia, Fadonia, Fadiena.^[1]

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈfan.ni.us/, [ˈfänːiʊs̠]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfan.ni.us/, [ˈfänːius]

Proper noun

Fannius m sg (genitive Fanniī or Fannī); second declension

a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
1. Gaius Fannius, a Roman consul

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Fannius
genitive	Fanniī Fannī¹
dative	Fanniō
accusative	Fannium
ablative	Fanniō
vocative	Fannī

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

Derived terms

Fanniānus

References

^ George Davis Chase (1897) “The Origin of Roman Praenomina”, in Harvard Studies in Classical Philology, volume 8, pages 103-184

“Fannius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Fannius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

[1] George Davis Chase (1897) “The Origin of Roman Praenomina”, in Harvard Studies in Classical Philology, volume 8, pages 103-184

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