Messalinus

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Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Messālla +‎ -īnus

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Messālīnus m sg (genitive Messālīnī); second declension

  1. A masculine cognomen

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

singular
nominative Messālīnus
genitive Messālīnī
dative Messālīnō
accusative Messālīnum
ablative Messālīnō
vocative Messālīne

Derived terms

References

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