libellio
Latin
Etymology
libellus (“booklet”) + -iō.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /liˈbel.li.oː/, [lʲɪˈbɛlːʲioː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /liˈbel.li.o/, [liˈbɛlːio]
Noun
libelliō m (genitive libelliōnis); third declension
- tabellion, notary
- bookdealer
- c. 45 CE – 96 CE, Statius, Silvae 4.9.20–23:
- Sed Bruti senis oscitationes de capsa miseri libellionis emptum plus minus asse gaiano, donas.
- But no, you send me Brutus’ boring stuff, bought for about a Caligulan as from a poor bookseller’s bag.
- Sed Bruti senis oscitationes de capsa miseri libellionis emptum plus minus asse gaiano, donas.
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | libelliō | libelliōnēs |
Genitive | libelliōnis | libelliōnum |
Dative | libelliōnī | libelliōnibus |
Accusative | libelliōnem | libelliōnēs |
Ablative | libelliōne | libelliōnibus |
Vocative | libelliō | libelliōnēs |
References
- libellio 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)
- “libellio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- libellio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette