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Nero

Ne′ro

(nē′rō̍)
,
p
rop.
Noun.
A Roman emperor notorious for debauchery and barbarous cruelty; hence, any profligate and cruel ruler or merciless tyrant.
Ne-ro′ni-an
(nē̍-rō′nĭ-an)
,
Adj.

Definition 2024


Nero

Nero

See also: nero and Neró

English

Proper noun

Nero

  1. Roman Emperor from 54 to 68, and the last Emperor of the Julio-Claudian dynasty.
  2. An agnomen first held by Tiberius Claudius Nero, an ancestor of Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius and Nero.
  3. Any male member of the family Claudii Nerones, within the gens Claudia into which emperor Nero was adopted by emperor Claudius.
  4. A male given name, more common in fiction than in real life.
    • 1963 Rex Stout, Trio for Blunt Instruments, Random House LLC (2010), ISBN 0307756297:
      • "Nero Wolfe. It's his house and he lives here." "That's an odd name. Nero Wolfe? What does he—Is he a lawyer?"

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Translations


Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂nḗr.

Proper noun

Nerō m (genitive Nerōnis); third declension

  1. Roman Emperor from 54 to 68, and the last Emperor of the Julio-Claudian dynasty.
  2. An agnomen first held by Tiberius Claudius Nero, an ancestor of Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius and Nero.
  3. Any male member of the family Claudii Nerones, within the gens Claudia into which emperor Nero was adopted by emperor Claudius.

Declension

Third declension.

Case Singular
nominative Nerō
genitive Nerōnis
dative Nerōnī
accusative Nerōnem
ablative Nerōne
vocative Nerō

Derived terms

  • Nerōniānus

References

  1. Franco, The originof Indo-European languages: Structure and genesis of the mother tongue of Sanskrit, Greek and Latin

Old Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin Nero.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnɛ.ɾo/

Proper noun

Nero

  1. Nero (Roman emperor)

Descendants


Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese Nero, from Latin Nero.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnɛ.ɾu/

Proper noun

Nero m

  1. Nero (Roman emperor)

Noun

Nero m (plural Neros)

  1. an excessively opulent or cruel statesman.

Slovak

Etymology

From Latin Nero.

Proper noun

Nero m (genitive Neróna) declension pattern chlap

  1. Nero

Declension

Derived terms

References

  • Nero in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk

nero

nero

See also: Nero and Neró

Finnish

Noun

nero

  1. genius

Declension

Inflection of nero (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative nero nerot
genitive neron nerojen
partitive neroa neroja
illative neroon neroihin
singular plural
nominative nero nerot
accusative nom. nero nerot
gen. neron
genitive neron nerojen
partitive neroa neroja
inessive nerossa neroissa
elative nerosta neroista
illative neroon neroihin
adessive nerolla neroilla
ablative nerolta neroilta
allative nerolle neroille
essive nerona neroina
translative neroksi neroiksi
instructive neroin
abessive nerotta neroitta
comitative neroineen

Derived terms

Anagrams


Italian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From older negro, from Latin nigrum, accusative of niger.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈnero]

Adjective

nero m (feminine singular nera, masculine plural neri, feminine plural nere)

  1. black

Noun

nero m (plural neri)

  1. black colour
  2. fascist, the extreme right
  3. ink
  4. a person of black skin
  5. (heraldry) sable

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See also

Colors in Italian · colori (layout · text)
     rosso      verde      giallo      beige      bianco
     cremisi      magenta      blu petrolio, foglia di tè      limetta      rosa
     indaco      blu      arancione      grigio      violetta
     nero      viola      marrone      azzurro      ciano

Japanese

Romanization

nero

  1. rōmaji reading of ねろ

Latin

Etymology

From the archaic word for “man”, Old Latin *nara (man).[1], from Proto-Indo-European *h₂nḗr.

Proper noun

nerō m (genitive nerōnis); third declension

  1. An agnomen of the gens Claudia, first held by Tiberius Claudius Nero, an ancestor of Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius and Nero.

Declension

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative nerō nerōnēs
genitive nerōnis nerōnum
dative nerōnī nerōnibus
accusative nerōnem nerōnēs
ablative nerōne nerōnibus
vocative nerō nerōnēs

Derived terms

References

  • NERO in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • nero in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia
  • 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 Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
  1. Franco, The origin of Indo-European languages: Structure and genesis of the mother tongue of Sanskrit, Greek and Latin

Veps

Etymology

Related to Finnish nero

Noun

nero

  1. genius

Inflection

Inflection of nero
nominative sing. nero
genitive sing. neron
partitive sing. nerod
partitive plur. neroid
singular plural
nominative nero nerod
accusative neron nerod
genitive neron neroiden
partitive nerod neroid
essive-instructive neron neroin
translative neroks neroikš
inessive neros neroiš
elative nerospäi neroišpäi
illative ? neroihe
adessive nerol neroil
ablative nerolpäi neroilpäi
allative nerole neroile
abessive nerota neroita
comitative neronke neroidenke
prolative nerodme neroidme
approximative I neronno neroidenno
approximative II neronnoks neroidennoks
egressive neronnopäi neroidennopäi
terminative I ? neroihesai
terminative II nerolesai neroilesai
terminative III nerossai
additive I ? neroihepäi
additive II nerolepäi neroilepäi

References

  • Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), гений”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika