Neratius

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /neˈraː.ti.us/, [nɛˈräːt̪iʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /neˈrat.t͡si.us/, [neˈrät̪ː͡s̪ius]

Proper noun

Nerātius m sg (genitive Nerātiī or Nerātī); second declension

1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
   1. Lucius Neratius Marcellus, a Roman consul

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Nerātius
genitive	Nerātiī Nerātī1
dative	Nerātiō
accusative	Nerātium
ablative	Nerātiō
vocative	Nerātī

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

Derived terms

• Nerātia

References

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