Stellio

See also: stellio

Translingual

Proper noun

Stellio

1. A former genus of agamid lizards.

Latin

Etymology

From stēlliō (“small lizard; crafty person”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈsteːl.li.oː/, [ˈs̠t̪eːlːʲioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈstel.li.o/, [ˈst̪ɛlːio]

Proper noun

Stēlliō m sg (genitive Stēlliōnis); third declension

1. A Roman cognomen — famously held by:
   1. Gaius Afranius Stellio, a Roman praetor

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Stēlliō
genitive	Stēlliōnis
dative	Stēlliōnī
accusative	Stēlliōnem
ablative	Stēlliōne
vocative	Stēlliō

References

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