Cupiennius
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Latin
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ku.piˈen.ni.us/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ku.piˈen.ni.us/,
Proper noun
Cupiennius 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
Second-declension noun, singular only.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Cupiennius |
| genitive | Cupienniī Cupiennī1 |
| dative | Cupienniō |
| accusative | Cupiennium |
| ablative | Cupienniō |
| vocative | Cupiennī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
References
- “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.