Vopiscus

See also: vopiscus

Latin

Alternative forms

• Vop. (abbreviation)

Etymology

From vopiscus (“born alive”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /u̯oˈpis.kus/, [u̯ɔˈpɪs̠kʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /voˈpis.kus/, [voˈpiskus]
• Homophone: vopiscus

Proper noun

Vopiscus m sg (genitive Vopiscī); second declension

1. A Roman cognomen — famously held by:
   1. Flavius Vopiscus, a Roman historian

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Vopiscus
Genitive	Vopiscī
Dative	Vopiscō
Accusative	Vopiscum
Ablative	Vopiscō
Vocative	Vopisce

References

• “2. Vŏpiscus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• 2 Vŏpiscus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.: “1,695/1”