Megellus

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /meˈɡel.lus/, [mɛˈɡɛlːʲʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /meˈd͡ʒel.lus/, [meˈd͡ʒɛlːus]

Proper noun

Megellus m sg (genitive Megellī); second declension

1. A Roman cognomen — famously held by:
   1. Lucius Postumius Megellus, a Roman consul

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Megellus
genitive	Megellī
dative	Megellō
accusative	Megellum
ablative	Megellō
vocative	Megelle

References

• “Megellus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray