Ranius

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈra.ni.us/, [ˈräniʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈra.ni.us/, [ˈräːnius]

Proper noun

Ranius m sg (genitive Raniī or Ranī); second declension

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

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Ranius
genitive	Raniī Ranī1
dative	Raniō
accusative	Ranium
ablative	Raniō
vocative	Ranī

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

References

• “Ranius”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray