Velinus

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /u̯eˈliː.nus/, [u̯ɛˈlʲiːnʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /veˈli.nus/, [veˈliːnus]

Etymology 1

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The river in Rieti

Proper noun

Velīnus m sg (genitive Velīnī); second declension

1. The river Velino.
2. A lake in the Sabine territories, between Reate and Interamna.

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Velīnus
Genitive	Velīnī
Dative	Velīnō
Accusative	Velīnum
Ablative	Velīnō
Vocative	Velīne

Synonyms

• (river): Avens, Mellinus
• (lake): Velīnus lacus

Descendants

• Italian: Velino

Etymology 2

Velia (“a town on the coast of Lucania, a colony of the Phocœans”) +‎ -īnus

Adjective

Velīnus (feminine Velīna, neuter Velīnum); first/second-declension adjective

1. Of or pertaining to Velia, Velian

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	Velīnus	Velīna	Velīnum		Velīnī	Velīnae	Velīna
Genitive	Velīnī	Velīnae	Velīnī		Velīnōrum	Velīnārum	Velīnōrum
Dative	Velīnō		Velīnō		Velīnīs
Accusative	Velīnum	Velīnam	Velīnum		Velīnōs	Velīnās	Velīna
Ablative	Velīnō	Velīnā	Velīnō		Velīnīs
Vocative	Velīne	Velīna	Velīnum		Velīnī	Velīnae	Velīna

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.