Velinus

== Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [wɛˈliː.nʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [veˈliː.nus] === Etymology 1 === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) ==== Proper noun ==== Velīnus m sg (genitive Velīnī); second declension The river Velino. A lake in the Sabine territories, between Reate and Interamna. ===== Declension ===== Second-declension noun, singular only. ===== Synonyms ===== (river): Avens, Mellinus (lake): Velīnus lacus ===== Descendants ===== Italian: Velino === Etymology 2 === From Velia (“a town on the coast of Lucania, a colony of the Phocœans”) + -īnus. ==== Adjective ==== Velīnus (feminine Velīna, neuter Velīnum); first/second-declension adjective Of or pertaining to Velia, Velian ===== Declension ===== First/second-declension adjective. === References === “Vĕlīnus lăcus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Vĕlīnus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Velinus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.