Stellio

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Translingual

Proper noun

Stellio

  1. A former genus of agamid lizards.

Latin

Etymology

From stēlliō (“small lizard; crafty person”).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Stēlliō m sg (genitive Stēlliōnis); third declension

  1. A Roman cognomen — famously held by:
    1. Gaius Afranius Stellio, a Roman praetor

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

singular
nominative Stēlliō
genitive Stēlliōnis
dative Stēlliōnī
accusative Stēlliōnem
ablative Stēlliōne
vocative Stēlliō

References

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