Pupius
Latin
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpuː.pi.us/, [ˈpuːpiʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpu.pi.us/, [ˈpuːpius]
Proper noun
Pūpius m sg (genitive Pūpiī or Pūpī); second declension
- a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
- Marcus Pupius Piso Frugi Calpurnianus, a Roman consul
Declension
Second-declension noun, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Pūpius |
| Genitive | Pūpiī Pūpī1 |
| Dative | Pūpiō |
| Accusative | Pūpium |
| Ablative | Pūpiō |
| Vocative | Pūpī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Derived terms
- Pūpia
Adjective
Pūpius (feminine Pūpia, neuter Pūpium); first/second-declension adjective
- of or pertaining to the gens Pupia.
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | Pūpius | Pūpia | Pūpium | Pūpiī | Pūpiae | Pūpia | |
| Genitive | Pūpiī | Pūpiae | Pūpiī | Pūpiōrum | Pūpiārum | Pūpiōrum | |
| Dative | Pūpiō | Pūpiō | Pūpiīs | ||||
| Accusative | Pūpium | Pūpiam | Pūpium | Pūpiōs | Pūpiās | Pūpia | |
| Ablative | Pūpiō | Pūpiā | Pūpiō | Pūpiīs | |||
| Vocative | Pūpie | Pūpia | Pūpium | Pūpiī | Pūpiae | Pūpia | |
References
- “Pupius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Pupius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette