Burrus

== Latin == === Etymology === From burrus (“reddish-brown”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈbʊr.rʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈbur.rus] === Proper noun === Burrus m sg (genitive Burrī); second declension A Roman cognomen — famously held by: Sextus Afranius Burrus, a Roman prefect ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun, singular only. === References === “Burrus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Burrus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.