LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinethird declension

stēlliō1

stēlliō m (genitive stēlliōnis)

Meaning

  1. stellion or other kind of small lizard, newt
  2. crafty person, scoundrel

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

lacerta guttīs stēllāta
stēlliō -ōnis (m) — in Metamorphoses I, ch. 11

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativestēlliō
stēliō		stēlliōnēs
stēliōnēs
genitivestēlliōnis
stēliōnis		stēlliōnum
stēliōnum
dativestēlliōnī
stēliōnī		stēlliōnibus
stēliōnibus
accusativestēlliōnem
stēliōnem		stēlliōnēs
stēliōnēs
ablativestēlliōne
stēliōne		stēlliōnibus
stēliōnibus
vocativestēlliō
stēliō		stēlliōnēs
stēliōnēs

stellĭo (stēlĭo), ōnis, m. stella.
A. A newt, stellion (having star-like spots on its back): Lacerto gecko, Linn.; Plin. 29, 4, 28, § 90; 11, 26, 31, § 91; Verg. G. 4, 243; Col. 9, 7, 5.—
B. Transf., a crafty, knavish person, Plin. 30, 10, 27, § 89; App. M. 5, p. 172, 19; cf. stellionatus.

Origins

From stēlla (“star”) + -iō, perhaps originally for the star lizard, so named because of the starlike spots on its back.

Elsewhere
  • Frenchstellion
  • Englishstellionfrom French stellion
  • Italianstellione
  • Englishstelliofrom Translingual Stellio
  • Russianстеллионfrom French stellion
Insular Romance
  • Sardinianpistiglioni
  • Sardinianpistigioni
  • Sardinianpistiscione
  • Campidanesepistillonefrom Sardinian pistiglioni
  • Campidanesepistillonifrom Sardinian pistiglioni
  • Logudoresepistizzonifrom Sardinian pistiglioni
Italo-Romance
  • Neapolitanpistiglione
  • Sicilianstajune
proper noun · masculinethird declension
Stēlliō2
Stēlliō m sg (genitive Stēlliōnis)
Classical[ˈsteːl.li.oː]Ecclesiastical[ˈstɛl.li.o]

Meaning

  1. A Roman cognomen — famously held by
  2. Gaius Afranius Stellio, a Roman praetor

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeStēlliō—
genitiveStēlliōnis—
dativeStēlliōnī—
accusativeStēlliōnem—
ablativeStēlliōne—
vocativeStēlliō—

Stellio, ōnis, m. 1. stellio,
I. a Roman surname, e. g. C. Afranius Stellio, Liv. 39, 23, 2.

Origins

From stēlliō (“small lizard; crafty person”).

Quick answers

What does stēlliō mean in Latin?
stēlliō, a noun, means “stellion or other kind of small lizard, newt; crafty person, scoundrel”.
What is the genitive of stēlliō?
The genitive singular is stēlliōnis. stēlliō is masculine, third declension.