Vitellius
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From vitellus (“young calf”) + -ius.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /u̯iˈtel.li.us/, [u̯ɪˈt̪ɛlːʲiʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /viˈtel.li.us/, [viˈt̪ɛlːius]
Proper noun edit
Vitellius m sg (genitive Vitelliī or Vitellī); second declension
- a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
Declension edit
Second-declension noun, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Vitellius |
| Genitive | Vitelliī Vitellī1 |
| Dative | Vitelliō |
| Accusative | Vitellium |
| Ablative | Vitelliō |
| Vocative | Vitellī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Derived terms edit
Adjective edit
Vitellius (feminine Vitellia, neuter Vitellium); first/second-declension adjective
- of or pertaining to the gens Vitellia.
Declension edit
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | Vitellius | Vitellia | Vitellium | Vitelliī | Vitelliae | Vitellia | |
| Genitive | Vitelliī | Vitelliae | Vitelliī | Vitelliōrum | Vitelliārum | Vitelliōrum | |
| Dative | Vitelliō | Vitelliō | Vitelliīs | ||||
| Accusative | Vitellium | Vitelliam | Vitellium | Vitelliōs | Vitelliās | Vitellia | |
| Ablative | Vitelliō | Vitelliā | Vitelliō | Vitelliīs | |||
| Vocative | Vitellie | Vitellia | Vitellium | Vitelliī | Vitelliae | Vitellia | |
References edit
- “Vitellius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Vitellius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.