Velius

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• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈweː.li.ʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈvɛː.li.us]

Vēlius m sg (genitive Vēliī or Vēlī); second declension

1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
   1. Velius Longus, a Roman grammarian

Second-declension noun, singular only.

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

• Vēlia

• Velius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.