Venuleius

Latin

Etymology

Maybe from Venulus (“a Roman warrior”) +‎ -ēius.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /u̯e.nuˈleː.i̯us/, [u̯ɛnʊˈɫ̪eːi̯ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ve.nuˈle.jus/, [venuˈlɛːjus]

Proper noun

Venulēius m sg (genitive Venulēiī or Venulēī); second declension

1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
   1. Lucius Venuleius Apronianus Octavius Priscus, a Roman senator

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Venulēius
genitive	Venulēiī Venulēī1
dative	Venulēiō
accusative	Venulēium
ablative	Venulēiō
vocative	Venulēī

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

Derived terms

• Venulēia

References

• Venuleius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Venuleius”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray