Atrius

English

Proper noun

Atrius

1. A male given name from Ancient Greek.

Anagrams

• Ristau, Surita, Tauris, aurist

Latin

Etymology

Maybe from āter (“black”) +‎ -ius.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈaː.tri.us/, [ˈäːt̪riʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.tri.us/, [ˈäːt̪rius]

Proper noun

Ātrius m sg (genitive Ātriī or Ātrī); second declension

1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name"

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Ātrius
Genitive	Ātriī Ātrī1
Dative	Ātriō
Accusative	Ātrium
Ablative	Ātriō
Vocative	Ātrī

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Derived terms

• Ātria

References

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