Laelius

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈlae̯.li.us/, [ˈɫ̪äe̯lʲiʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈle.li.us/, [ˈlɛːlius]

Proper noun

Laelius m (genitive Laeliī or Laelī); second declension

1. a Roman nomen gentilicium

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	Laelius	Laeliī
genitive	Laeliī Laelī1	Laeliōrum
dative	Laeliō	Laeliīs
accusative	Laelium	Laeliōs
ablative	Laeliō	Laeliīs
vocative	Laelī	Laeliī

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

Descendants

• Ancient Greek: Λαίλιος (Laílios)

References

• “Laelius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Laelius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Laelius” on page 1096/2 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (2nd ed., 2012)