Hadrianus

== Latin == === Alternative forms === Adriānus === Etymology === From Hadria (“a city in Picenum, site of modern Atri”) +‎ -ānus, perhaps from Etruscan 𐌇𐌀𐌕𐌓𐌉𐌀 (hatria). See Adriatic. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ha.driˈaː.nʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [a.driˈaː.nus] === Proper noun === Hadriānus m sg (genitive Hadriānī); second declension name of the Roman Emperor Hadrian a male given name, equivalent to English Hadrian ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun, singular only. ==== Descendants ==== === References === “Hadrianus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Hadrianus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.