Messalinus

Latin

Alternative forms

• Messāllīnus

Etymology

From Messālla +‎ -īnus

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /mes.saːˈliː.nus/, [mɛs̠ːäːˈlʲiːnʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /mes.saˈli.nus/, [mesːäˈliːnus]

Proper noun

Messālīnus m sg (genitive Messālīnī); second declension

1. A masculine cognomen

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Messālīnus
genitive	Messālīnī
dative	Messālīnō
accusative	Messālīnum
ablative	Messālīnō
vocative	Messālīne

Derived terms

• Messālīna

References

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