Hevelius

Latin

Etymology

From German Hevel +‎ -ius.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [hɛˈwɛ.li.ʊs]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [eˈvɛː.li.us]

Proper noun

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

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

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Hevelius
genitive	Heveliī Hevelī¹
dative	Heveliō
accusative	Hevelium
ablative	Heveliō
vocative	Hevelī

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

Further reading

Iohannes Hevelius on the Latin Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^la