Pupius

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpuː.pi.us/, [ˈpuːpiʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpu.pi.us/, [ˈpuːpius]

Proper noun

Pūpius m sg (genitive Pūpiī or Pūpī); second declension

1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
   1. 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

1. 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.