Velleius

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /u̯elˈleː.i̯us/, [u̯ɛlˈlʲeːi̯ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /velˈle.jus/, [velˈlɛːjus]

Proper noun

Vellēius m sg (genitive Vellēiī or Vellēī); second declension

1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
   1. Marcus Velleius Paterculus, a Roman historian

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Vellēius
genitive	Vellēiī Vellēī1
dative	Vellēiō
accusative	Vellēium
ablative	Vellēiō
vocative	Vellēī

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

Derived terms

• Vellēia
• Vellēiānus

Adjective

Vellēius (feminine Vellēia, neuter Vellēium); first/second-declension adjective

1. of or pertaining to the gens Velleia.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	Vellēius	Vellēia	Vellēium		Vellēiī	Vellēiae	Vellēia
genitive	Vellēiī	Vellēiae	Vellēiī		Vellēiōrum	Vellēiārum	Vellēiōrum
dative	Vellēiō	Vellēiae	Vellēiō		Vellēiīs
accusative	Vellēium	Vellēiam	Vellēium		Vellēiōs	Vellēiās	Vellēia
ablative	Vellēiō	Vellēiā	Vellēiō		Vellēiīs
vocative	Vellēie	Vellēia	Vellēium		Vellēiī	Vellēiae	Vellēia

References

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