Velleius

== Latin == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [wɛlˈlɛj.jʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [velˈlɛː.jus] === Proper noun === Velleius m sg (genitive Velleiī or Velleī); second declension a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by: Marcus Velleius Paterculus, a Roman historian ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun, singular only. 1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age). ==== Derived terms ==== Velleia Velleiānus === Adjective === Velleius (feminine Velleia, neuter Velleium); first/second-declension adjective of or pertaining to the gens Velleia. ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. === 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.