Sulpicius
Latin edit
Etymology edit
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Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /sulˈpi.ki.us/, [s̠ʊɫ̪ˈpɪkiʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /sulˈpi.t͡ʃi.us/, [sulˈpiːt͡ʃius]
Proper noun edit
Sulpicius m sg (genitive Sulpiciī or Sulpicī); second declension
- a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
- Servius Sulpicius Galba, a Roman emperor
Declension edit
Second-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Sulpicius |
Genitive | Sulpiciī Sulpicī1 |
Dative | Sulpiciō |
Accusative | Sulpicium |
Ablative | Sulpiciō |
Vocative | Sulpicī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Derived terms edit
Adjective edit
Sulpicius (feminine Sulpicia, neuter Sulpicium); first/second-declension adjective
- of or pertaining to the gens Sulpicia.
Declension edit
First/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
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Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | Sulpicius | Sulpicia | Sulpicium | Sulpiciī | Sulpiciae | Sulpicia | |
Genitive | Sulpiciī | Sulpiciae | Sulpiciī | Sulpiciōrum | Sulpiciārum | Sulpiciōrum | |
Dative | Sulpiciō | Sulpiciō | Sulpiciīs | ||||
Accusative | Sulpicium | Sulpiciam | Sulpicium | Sulpiciōs | Sulpiciās | Sulpicia | |
Ablative | Sulpiciō | Sulpiciā | Sulpiciō | Sulpiciīs | |||
Vocative | Sulpicie | Sulpicia | Sulpicium | Sulpiciī | Sulpiciae | Sulpicia |
Descendants edit
(name):
(adjective):
- English: Sulpician
References edit
- “Sulpicius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Sulpicius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.