Nero

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin Nerō. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈniːroʊ/ Rhymes: -ɪəɹəʊ === Proper noun === Nero Roman Emperor from 54 to 68, and the last Emperor of the Julio-Claudian dynasty. An agnomen first held by Tiberius Claudius Nero, an ancestor of Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius and Nero. Any male member of the family Claudii Nerones, within the gens Claudia into which emperor Nero was adopted by emperor Claudius. A male given name from Latin, more common in fiction than in real life. ==== Derived terms ==== Neroic ==== Related terms ==== Neronian Neronic ==== Translations ==== === Noun === Nero (plural Neros) Any cruel and wicked tyrant. === Further reading === Nero on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === Oren, Orne, Reno, Roen, Rone, oner, orné, reno, reno- == Latin == === Etymology === From Proto-Italic *nēr (“man”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂nḗr, whence Ancient Greek ἀνήρ (anḗr). According to Suetonius, the name was used by the Claudii family because, in the Sabine language, it meant "strong" ("fortis") and "valiant" ("strēnuus"). It is possible that the term was borrowed from Sabine nero, although the Sabine term may be fictitious. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈnɛ.roː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈnɛː.ro] === Proper noun === Nerō m sg (genitive Nerōnis); third declension (especially) Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, Roman Emperor from 54 to 68, and the last Emperor of the Julio-Claudian dynasty an agnomen first held by Tiberius Claudius Nero, an ancestor of Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius and Nero any male member of the family Claudii Nerones, within the gens Claudia into which emperor Nero was adopted by emperor Claudius ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun, singular only. ==== Derived terms ==== Nerōnēus Nerōniānus ==== Related terms ==== neriōsus ==== Descendants ==== Italian: Nerone Sicilian: Niruni === References === “Nero”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Nero”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1026. “Nero”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers “Nero”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray “Nero”, in The Perseus Project (1999), Perseus Encyclopedia‎[1] "Nero", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) == Old Czech == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (13th CE) /ˈnɛro/ IPA(key): (15th CE) /ˈnɛro/ === Proper noun === Nero m pers a male given name ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === Jan Gebauer (1903–1916), “Nero”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění == Old Galician-Portuguese == === Etymology === From Latin Nero. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈnɛ.ɾo/ === Proper noun === Nero Nero (Roman emperor) […] que non foi feito tan grãde ben deſ lo tempo de nero […] which hadn’t been done so greatly since the times of Nero. ==== Descendants ==== Portuguese: Nero == Portuguese == === Etymology === From Old Galician-Portuguese Nero, from Latin Nerō. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ɛɾu Hyphenation: Ne‧ro === Proper noun === Nero m Nero (Roman emperor) === Noun === Nero m (plural Neros) an excessively opulent or cruel statesman == Slovak == === Etymology === Derived from Latin Nero. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈnɛrɔ/ === Proper noun === Nero m pers (genitive singular Neróna, declension pattern of chlap) Nero ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== nero m nerónsky === References === “Nero”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026