Aelius

== Latin == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈae̯.li.ʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈɛː.li.us] === Proper noun === Aelius m sg (genitive Aeliī or Aelī); second declension a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by: Quintus Aelius Tubero, a Roman jurist Publius Aelius Paetus, a Roman consul Publius Aelius Hadrianus, Roman Emperor Hadrian Lucius Aelius Caesar, Hadrian's heir and the father of Emperor Lucius Verus ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun, singular only. 1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age). ==== Derived terms ==== Aelia Aeliānus === Adjective === Aelius (feminine Aelia, neuter Aelium); first/second-declension adjective of or pertaining to the gens Aelia. ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. === References === “Aelius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Aelius”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.