Vitellius
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Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From vitellus (“young calf”) + -ius.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /u̯iˈtel.li.us/, [u̯ɪˈt̪ɛlːʲiʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /viˈtel.li.us/, [viˈt̪ɛlːius]
Proper noun
[edit]Vitellius m sg (genitive Vitelliī or Vitellī); second declension
- a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Vitellius |
| Genitive | Vitelliī Vitellī1 |
| Dative | Vitelliō |
| Accusative | Vitellium |
| Ablative | Vitelliō |
| Vocative | Vitellī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Derived terms
[edit]Adjective
[edit]Vitellius (feminine Vitellia, neuter Vitellium); first/second-declension adjective
- of or pertaining to the gens Vitellia.
Declension
[edit]First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | Vitellius | Vitellia | Vitellium | Vitelliī | Vitelliae | Vitellia | |
| Genitive | Vitelliī | Vitelliae | Vitelliī | Vitelliōrum | Vitelliārum | Vitelliōrum | |
| Dative | Vitelliō | Vitelliō | Vitelliīs | ||||
| Accusative | Vitellium | Vitelliam | Vitellium | Vitelliōs | Vitelliās | Vitellia | |
| Ablative | Vitelliō | Vitelliā | Vitelliō | Vitelliīs | |||
| Vocative | Vitellie | Vitellia | Vitellium | Vitelliī | Vitelliae | Vitellia | |
References
[edit]- “Vitellius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Vitellius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.