Herennius

== Latin == === Alternative forms === Her. (abbreviation) === Etymology === From an Oscan personal name, probably related to 𐌇𐌄𐌓𐌉𐌉𐌀𐌃 (heriiad, “he wants”) (compare Umbrian 𐌇𐌄𐌓𐌉 (heri)), from Proto-Italic *herjō (“to wish, want”). Probably influenced by Etruscan. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [hɛˈrɛn.ni.ʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [eˈrɛn.ni.us] === Proper noun === Herennius m sg (genitive Herenniī or Herennī); second declension a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by: Herennius Senecio, a Roman writer ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun, singular only. 1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age). ==== Derived terms ==== Herennia Herenniānus === References === “Herennius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Herennius”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.