Velleius
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Latin
[edit]Etymology
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Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /u̯elˈleː.i̯us/, [u̯ɛlˈlʲeːi̯ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /velˈle.jus/, [velˈlɛːjus]
Proper noun
[edit]Vellēius m sg (genitive Vellēiī or Vellēī); second declension
- a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
- Marcus Velleius Paterculus, a Roman historian
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Vellēius |
Genitive | Vellēiī Vellēī1 |
Dative | Vellēiō |
Accusative | Vellēium |
Ablative | Vellēiō |
Vocative | Vellēī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Derived terms
[edit]Adjective
[edit]Vellēius (feminine Vellēia, neuter Vellēium); first/second-declension adjective
- of or pertaining to the gens Velleia.
Declension
[edit]First/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | Vellēius | Vellēia | Vellēium | Vellēiī | Vellēiae | Vellēia | |
Genitive | Vellēiī | Vellēiae | Vellēiī | Vellēiōrum | Vellēiārum | Vellēiōrum | |
Dative | Vellēiō | Vellēiō | Vellēiīs | ||||
Accusative | Vellēium | Vellēiam | Vellēium | Vellēiōs | Vellēiās | Vellēia | |
Ablative | Vellēiō | Vellēiā | Vellēiō | Vellēiīs | |||
Vocative | Vellēie | Vellēia | Vellēium | Vellēiī | Vellēiae | Vellēia |
References
[edit]- “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.