Hevelius

Latin

Etymology

From German Hevel +‎ -ius.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /heˈu̯e.li.us/, [heˈu̯ɛlʲiʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /eˈve.li.us/, [eˈvɛːlius]

Proper noun

Hevelius m sg (genitive Heveliī or Hevelī); second declension

1. a male surname from German — famously held by:
   1. Johannes Hevelius, a Polish astronomer of German ancestry.

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Hevelius
Genitive	Heveliī Hevelī1
Dative	Heveliō
Accusative	Hevelium
Ablative	Heveliō
Vocative	Hevelī

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Further reading

• Iohannes Hevelius on the Latin Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^la