Cupiennius
Latin
editEtymology
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Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ku.piˈen.ni.us/, [kʊpiˈɛnːiʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ku.piˈen.ni.us/, [kupiˈɛnːius]
Proper noun
editCupiennius m sg (genitive Cupienniī or Cupiennī); second declension
- a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
- Gaius Cupiennius, a friend of Cicero
Declension
editSecond-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Cupiennius |
Genitive | Cupienniī Cupiennī1 |
Dative | Cupienniō |
Accusative | Cupiennium |
Ablative | Cupienniō |
Vocative | Cupiennī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
References
edit- “Cupiennius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Cupiennius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.