Messalla

Latin

Alternative forms

• Messāla

Etymology

From Messāna +‎ -la.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /mesˈsaːl.la/, [mɛs̠ˈs̠äːlːʲä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /mesˈsal.la/, [mesˈsälːä]

Proper noun

Messālla m sg (genitive Messāllae); first declension

1. A Roman cognomen ex virtute — famously held by:
   1. Marcus Valerius Messalla, a Roman consul

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Messālla
genitive	Messāllae
dative	Messāllae
accusative	Messāllam
ablative	Messāllā
vocative	Messālla

Further reading

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