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varius
varius
Latin
Etymology
Most likely related to vārus.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈwa.ri.us/, [ˈwa.ri.ʊs]
Adjective
varius m (feminine varia, neuter varium); first/second declension
Inflection
First/second declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| nominative | varius | varia | varium | variī | variae | varia | |
| genitive | variī | variae | variī | variōrum | variārum | variōrum | |
| dative | variō | variō | variīs | ||||
| accusative | varium | variam | varium | variōs | variās | varia | |
| ablative | variō | variā | variō | variīs | |||
| vocative | varie | varia | varium | variī | variae | varia | |
Derived terms
Descendants
- English: vair, varia lectio, various
- French: vair
- Galician: veiro
- Irish: véir
- Italian: vaio, vario
- Old Portuguese: veiro
- Portuguese: veiro, vário, vários
- Spanish: vero, vario
- Romanian: vare
References
- varius in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- varius in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- VARIUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “varius”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- the changes and chances of this life: ancipites et varii casus
- to have to submit to the uncertainties of fortune; to be subject to Fortune's caprice: sub varios incertosque casus subiectum esse
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(ambiguous) to experience the vicissitudes of fortune; to have a chequered career: varia fortuna uti
- the changes and chances of this life: ancipites et varii casus
- varius in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray