Velleius
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) 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.