Cloelius

See also: Clœlius

Latin

Alternative forms

• Cluilius

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkloe̯.li.us/, [ˈkɫ̪oe̯lʲiʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkle.li.us/, [ˈklɛːlius]

Proper noun

Cloelius m sg (genitive Cloeliī or Cloelī); second declension

1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
   1. Quintus Cloelius Siculus, a Roman consul

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Cloelius
genitive	Cloeliī Cloelī1
dative	Cloeliō
accusative	Cloelium
ablative	Cloeliō
vocative	Cloelī

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

Derived terms

• Cloelia

References

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