Maelius

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈmae̯.li.us/, [ˈmäe̯lʲiʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈme.li.us/, [ˈmɛːlius]

Proper noun

Maelius m sg (genitive Maeliī or Maelī); second declension

1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
   1. Spurius Maelius, a Roman merchant, also one Quintus Maelius mentioned in Livy 9.8.13.

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Maelius
Genitive	Maeliī Maelī1
Dative	Maeliō
Accusative	Maelium
Ablative	Maeliō
Vocative	Maelī

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

Derived terms

• Maelia
• Maeliānus

References

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