proper noun · femininefirst declension
Varia
Varia f sg (genitive Variae)
Classical[ˈwa.ri.a]Ecclesiastical[ˈvaː.ri.a]
Meaning
- femininesingularA town of the Sabines situated in the valley of the Anio, now Vicovaro
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Varia | — |
| genitive | Variae | — |
| dative | Variae | — |
| accusative | Variam | — |
| ablative | Variā | — |
| vocative | Varia | — |
| locative | Variae | — |
văria, ae, v. varius, I. A. 2.
Vărĭa, ae, f.
II. A town in Appulia, Plin. 3, 11, 16, § 100.
Origins
Of uncertain origin, but possibly a hydronym from a suffixed zero-grade form of Proto-Indo-European *h₂wer- (“water, rain, flow”), similar to the river Avara. The town is close to the confluence of the Anio and Digentia.
In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries
GeographyVariaVaria 1. (Οὐαρία: Vicovaro), a town of the Sabines, situated in the valley of the Anio, on the right bank of the river, about 8 miles above Tibur. The…GeographyVariaVaria (Οὐαρία, Strab. iii. p.162; Οὐάρεια, Ptol. 2.6.55), a town of the Berones in Hispania Tarraconensis, situated on the Iberus, which here began to…