stellio

See also: Stellio

Latin

Etymology

From stēlla (“star”), perhaps originally for the star lizard, so named because of the starlike spots on its back.

Noun

stēlliō f (genitive stēlliōnis); third declension

  1. stellion or other kind of small lizard, newt
  2. crafty person, scoundrel

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative stēlliō stēlliōnēs
Genitive stēlliōnis stēlliōnum
Dative stēlliōnī stēlliōnibus
Accusative stēlliōnem stēlliōnēs
Ablative stēlliōne stēlliōnibus
Vocative stēlliō stēlliōnēs

References
  • “stellio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “stellio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • stellio in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • stellio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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