Nero

Etymology

From Latin, from the archaic word for "man," Old Latin *nara.^[1], from Proto-Indo-European *h₂nḗr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɪəɹəʊ/
• Rhymes: -ɪəɹəʊ

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:

     • "Nero Wolfe. It's his house and he lives here." "That's an odd name. Nero Wolfe? What does he—Is he a lawyer?"

Noun

Nero (plural Neros)

1. Any cruel and wicked tyrant.

Anagrams

• Oren, Orne, Reno, Roen, Rone, oner, orné, reno, reno-

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *nēr (“man”), 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.

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 Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
• Nero in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia‎
• Nero in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

Etymology

From Latin Nero.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɛ.ɾo/

Proper noun

Nero

1. Nero (Roman emperor)
   • 13th century, attributed to Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 67 (facsimile):

     […] que non foi feito tan grãde ben deſ lo tempo de nero

     […] which hadn’t been done so greatly since the times of Nero.

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.

Etymology

From Latin Nero.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɛrɔ/

Proper noun

Nero m (genitive Neróna) declension pattern chlap

1. Nero

References

• Nero in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk