thronus

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Latin

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thronus

Etymology

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek θρόνος (thrónos).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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thronus m (genitive thronī); second declension

  1. a throne
  2. an angelic order

Declension

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Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative thronus thronī
Genitive thronī thronōrum
Dative thronō thronīs
Accusative thronum thronōs
Ablative thronō thronīs
Vocative throne thronī

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Old Galician-Portuguese: trõo
Borrowings

Some Romance languages may have instead inherited the word.

References

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  • thronus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • thronus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • thronus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • thronus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • thronus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin