Apuleius

English

Etymology

From Latin Āpulēius.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌæpjuˈli.əs/

Proper noun

Apuleius

1. An author in the Roman Empire, Lucius Apuleius Madaurensis.

Translations

author in the Roman Empire

• Alemannic German: Apuleios m
• Armenian: Ապուլեոս (Apuleos)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 阿普列烏斯／阿普列乌斯 (Āpǔlièwūsī)

• Danish: Apulejus m
• Dutch: Apuleius m
• French: Apulée (fr) m
• Georgian: აპულეიუსი (aṗuleiusi)
• German: Apuleius m, Apulejus m, Appulejus m
• Greek: Απουλήιος (el) m (Apoulíios)

  Ancient: Ἀπουλήϊος m (Apoulḗïos)

• Hungarian: Apuleius m
• Italian: Apuleio m
• Japanese: アプレイウス (Apureiusu)
• Korean: 아풀레이우스 (Apulleiuseu)
• Latin: Apuleius (la) m
• Luxembourgish: Apuleius m
• Polish: Apulejusz m
• Portuguese: Apuleio m
• Russian: Апуле́й m (Apuléj)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Апулеј m

  Roman: Apulej m

• Slovene: Apulej m
• Spanish: Apuleyo m
• Swedish: Apuleius c

See also

• Apuleius on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Apuleius on Wikiquote.Wikiquote

Latin

Alternative forms

• Apulējus
• Appulēius
• Āpul. (abbreviation)

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Related to Āpulus?”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /aː.puˈleː.i.us/, [äːpʊˈɫ̪eːiʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a.puˈle.i.us/, [äpuˈlɛːius]

Proper noun

Āpulēius m sg (genitive Āpulēiī or Āpulēī); second declension

1. A masculine nomen — famously held by:
   1. Lucius Appuleius Saturninus (138–100 BC), tribunus plebis in 103 and 100 BC
   2. Apuleius Madaurensis (circa AD 124–170), a spirited and flowery – but sometimes bombastic – writer, whose principal work yet extant is called Metamorphoseon sive de Asino Aureo libri XI.
   3. (Pseudo-)Apuleius Platonicus (fl. AD 4th C.), pseudonymous author of a Herbarium popular throughout the Early and High Middle Ages

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Āpulēius
Genitive	Āpulēiī Āpulēī1
Dative	Āpulēiō
Accusative	Āpulēium
Ablative	Āpulēiō
Vocative	Āpulēī

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

Descendants

• English: Apuleius
• French: Apulée
• Greek: Απουλήιος (Apoulíios)
• Portuguese: Apuleio
• Spanish: Apuleyo

Further reading

• Apuleius (disambiguation) on the Latin Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^la
• Lucius Apuleius Saturninus on the Latin Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^la
• Apuleius Madaurensis on the Latin Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^la
• (Pseudo-)Apuleius Platonicus on the Latin Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^la

Adjective

Āpulēius (feminine Āpulēia, neuter Āpulēium); first/second-declension adjective

1. of Apuleius
   1. (of a law or laws) proposed by the tribunus plebis L. Apuleius Saturninus

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	Āpulēius	Āpulēia	Āpulēium		Āpulēiī	Āpulēiae	Āpulēia
Genitive	Āpulēiī	Āpulēiae	Āpulēiī		Āpulēiōrum	Āpulēiārum	Āpulēiōrum
Dative	Āpulēiō		Āpulēiō		Āpulēiīs
Accusative	Āpulēium	Āpulēiam	Āpulēium		Āpulēiōs	Āpulēiās	Āpulēia
Ablative	Āpulēiō	Āpulēiā	Āpulēiō		Āpulēiīs
Vocative	Āpulēie	Āpulēia	Āpulēium		Āpulēiī	Āpulēiae	Āpulēia

References

• “Appŭlēius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• (App-) Apŭlēĭus (App-) in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 149/3.
• “Āpulēius” on page 156 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)