Sulla

See also: sulla and Sul·la

Latin

Etymology

From contraction of surula (“little calf”), from Sūra (“agnomen and cognomen”) +‎ -ūla (“-ule: forming diminutives”) or directly from sūra (“calf of the leg”) +‎ -ūla.

Proper noun

Sulla m (genitive Sullae); first declension

  1. a cognomen used by the gens Cornelia
    Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix
     

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative Sulla Sullae
Genitive Sullae Sullārum
Dative Sullae Sullīs
Accusative Sullam Sullās
Ablative Sullā Sullīs
Vocative Sulla Sullae

See also

References
  • “Sulla”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “Sulla”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • Sulla in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • George Davis Chase, "Origin of Roman Praenomina", Harvard Studies in Classical Philology, Vol. 8, 1897, pp. 109–110.
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