nero
IPA: nˈɪroʊ
Root Word: Nero
noun
- Roman Emperor from 54 to 68, and the last Emperor of the Julio-Claudian dynasty.
- An agnomen first held by Tiberius Claudius Nero, an ancestor of Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius and Nero.
- Any male member of the family Claudii Nerones, within the gens Claudia into which emperor Nero was adopted by emperor Claudius.
- A male given name from Latin, more common in fiction than in real life.
- Any cruel and wicked tyrant.
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Examples of "nero" in Sentences
- Nero was not forced to commit suicide.
- Seems to be about Nero, not the future.
- Nero is voluble and Archie in good form.
- Epilogues carry the story into the reign of Nero.
- Nero is no longer releasing a Nero software suite.
- He is the only man in the world that Dr Nero finds intimidating.
- Dr. Nero Neurosis The disembodied brain that plans to rule the world.
- Bruce Bartlett traces the beginning of debasement to the reign of Nero.
- At his mother's funeral, Nero was witless, speechless and rather scared.
- Nero was the first of the imperial authorities to persecute Christianity.
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