Gellius

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈɡel.li.us/, [ˈɡɛlːʲiʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒel.li.us/, [ˈd͡ʒɛlːius]

Proper noun

Gellius m sg (genitive Gelliī or Gellī); second declension

1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
   1. Aulus Gellius, a Roman grammarian

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Gellius
genitive	Gelliī Gellī1
dative	Gelliō
accusative	Gellium
ablative	Gelliō
vocative	Gellī

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

Derived terms

• Gellia
• Gelliānus

References

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