Hevelius

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Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From German Hevel +‎ -ius.

Pronunciation[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Hevelius m sg (genitive Heveliī or Hevelī); second declension

  1. a male surname from German — famously held by:
    1. Johannes Hevelius, a Polish astronomer of German ancestry.

Declension[edit]

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Hevelius
Genitive Heveliī
Hevelī1
Dative Heveliō
Accusative Hevelium
Ablative Heveliō
Vocative Hevelī

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

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