Stellio

See also: stellio

Latin

Etymology

From stelliō (“crafty person”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈstel.li.oː/, [ˈs̠t̪ɛlːʲioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈstel.li.o/, [ˈst̪ɛlːio]

Proper noun

Stelliō m sg (genitive Stelliōnis); third declension

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

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Stelliō
Genitive	Stelliōnis
Dative	Stelliōnī
Accusative	Stelliōnem
Ablative	Stelliōne
Vocative	Stelliō

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.