Burrus

See also: burrus

Latin

Etymology

From burrus (“reddish-brown”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈbur.rus/, [ˈbʊrːʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈbur.rus/, [ˈburːus]

Proper noun

Burrus m sg (genitive Burrī); second declension

1. A Roman cognomen — famously held by:
   1. Sextus Afranius Burrus, a Roman prefect

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Burrus
genitive	Burrī
dative	Burrō
accusative	Burrum
ablative	Burrō
vocative	Burre

References

• “Burrus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Burrus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.