Velleius

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Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Proper noun

Vellēius m sg (genitive Vellēiī or Vellēī); second declension

  1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
    1. Marcus Velleius Paterculus, a Roman historian

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

singular
nominative Vellēius
genitive Vellēiī
Vellēī1
dative Vellēiō
accusative Vellēium
ablative Vellēiō
vocative Vellēī

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Derived terms

Adjective

Vellēius (feminine Vellēia, neuter Vellēium); first/second-declension adjective

  1. of or pertaining to the gens Velleia.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative Vellēius Vellēia Vellēium Vellēiī Vellēiae Vellēia
genitive Vellēiī Vellēiae Vellēiī Vellēiōrum Vellēiārum Vellēiōrum
dative Vellēiō Vellēiae Vellēiō Vellēiīs
accusative Vellēium Vellēiam Vellēium Vellēiōs Vellēiās Vellēia
ablative Vellēiō Vellēiā Vellēiō Vellēiīs
vocative Vellēie Vellēia Vellēium Vellēiī Vellēiae Vellēia

References

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