Messalla

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Latin

Alternative forms

Messāla

Etymology

From Messāna +‎ -la.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key):
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key):

Proper noun

Messālla m sg (genitive Messāllae); first declension

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.

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