"stellio" meaning in Latin

See stellio in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Etymology: From stēlla (“star”) + -iō, perhaps originally for the star lizard, so named because of the starlike spots on its back. Etymology templates: {{af|la|stēlla|-iō|id2=animate noun|t1=star}} stēlla (“star”) + -iō Head templates: {{la-noun|stēlliō<3>|g=m}} stēlliō m (genitive stēlliōnis); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|stēlliō<3>}} Forms: stēlliō [canonical, masculine], stēlliōnis [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], stēlliō [nominative, singular], stēlliōnēs [nominative, plural], stēlliōnis [genitive, singular], stēlliōnum [genitive, plural], stēlliōnī [dative, singular], stēlliōnibus [dative, plural], stēlliōnem [accusative, singular], stēlliōnēs [accusative, plural], stēlliōne [ablative, singular], stēlliōnibus [ablative, plural], stēlliō [singular, vocative], stēlliōnēs [plural, vocative]
  1. stellion or other kind of small lizard, newt Tags: declension-3
    Sense id: en-stellio-la-noun-eUjdAc3E Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin masculine nouns in the third declension, Latin terms suffixed with -io (animate noun), Lizards Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 69 31 Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the third declension: 54 46 Disambiguation of Latin terms suffixed with -io (animate noun): 63 37 Disambiguation of Lizards: 92 8
  2. crafty person, scoundrel Tags: declension-3
    Sense id: en-stellio-la-noun-SKRNNUOh Categories (other): Latin masculine nouns in the third declension Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the third declension: 54 46
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Stēlliō
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}

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