Bolanus
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Bōla (“a city in Latium”) + -ānus
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /boːˈlaː.nus/, [boːˈɫ̪äːnʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /boˈla.nus/, [boˈläːnus]
Proper noun
[edit]Bōlānus m sg (genitive Bōlānī); second declension
- A resident of Bola
- A Roman cognomen, famously held by:
- Marcus Vettius Bolanus, a Roman senator
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun, singular only.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Bōlānus |
| genitive | Bōlānī |
| dative | Bōlānō |
| accusative | Bōlānum |
| ablative | Bōlānō |
| vocative | Bōlāne |
References
[edit]- Bolanus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Bolanus, Vettius”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray