Messalinus

Messalinus

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Etymology tree
Ancient Greek Μεσσήνη (Messḗnē)bor.
Latin Messāna
Proto-Indo-European *-lós
Proto-Indo-European *-elós
Proto-Italic *-elos
Latin -la
Latin Messālla
Proto-Indo-European *-nós
Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos
Proto-Italic *-īnos
Latin -īnus
Latin Messālīnus

    From Messālla + -īnus.

    Pronunciation

    Proper noun

    Messālīnus m sg (genitive Messālīnī); second declension

    1. A masculine cognomen

    Declension

    Second-declension noun, singular only.

    singular
    nominative Messālīnus
    genitive Messālīnī
    dative Messālīnō
    accusative Messālīnum
    ablative Messālīnō
    vocative Messālīne

    Derived terms

    • Messālīna

    References

    • “Messalinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • “Messalinus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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