Hevelius

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Latin

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Etymology

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From German Hevel +‎ -ius.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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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

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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).

Further reading

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