Messalla

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Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Messāna +‎ -la.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Messālla m sg (genitive Messāllae); first declension

  1. A Roman cognomen ex virtute — famously held by:
    1. Marcus Valerius Messalla, a Roman consul

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

singular
nominative Messālla
genitive Messāllae
dative Messāllae
accusative Messāllam
ablative Messāllā
vocative Messālla

Further reading

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