Traianus

== Latin == === Alternative forms === Trā̆jānus === Etymology === Probably from Trā̆ius +‎ -ānus/-iānus: Trajan's paternal grandmother is assumed to have been from the gens Traia. The source of the nomen Trā̆ius is uncertain, but it may be of Oscan origin. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [traːˈjaː.nʊs], [trajˈjaː.nʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [traˈjaː.nus] Traia- scans as two heavy syllables. Given the uncertain etymology, it is unclear whether the first syllable contained a short vowel followed by double /jj/ or a long vowel followed by single /j/. (Many dictionaries mark the vowel as long in either of these contexts.) The pronunciation with short /a/ and double /jj/ would be more consistent with the usual pronunciation of intervocalic -i- as /jj/ in unprefixed Latin words (such as aio, maior, Maius, eius, Troia). The spelling "Traiianus" is attested on some inscriptions, such as the Tabula Banasitana, although this does not necessarily reveal the pronunciation. === Proper noun === Trā̆iānus m (genitive Trā̆iānī); second declension A Roman cognomen — famously held by: Trajan ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== Ancient Greek: Τραϊανός (Traïanós), Ancient Greek: Τραιανός (Traianós) === References === === Further reading === “Trāiānus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Trājānus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.