Hevelius

== Latin == === Etymology === From German Hevel +‎ -ius. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [hɛˈwɛ.li.ʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [eˈvɛː.li.us] === Proper noun === Hevelius m sg (genitive Heveliī or Hevelī); second declension a male surname from German — famously held by: Johannes Hevelius, a Polish astronomer of German ancestry. ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun, singular only. 1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age). === Further reading === Iohannes Hevelius on the Latin Wikipedia.Wikipedia la