Sulpicius
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Latin
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /sulˈpi.ki.us/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /sulˈpi.t͡ʃi.us/,
Proper noun
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
Second-declension noun, singular only.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Sulpicius |
| genitive | Sulpiciī Sulpicī1 |
| dative | Sulpiciō |
| accusative | Sulpicium |
| ablative | Sulpiciō |
| vocative | Sulpicī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Derived terms
Adjective
Sulpicius (feminine Sulpicia, neuter Sulpicium); first/second-declension adjective
- of or pertaining to the gens Sulpicia.
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | Sulpicius | Sulpicia | Sulpicium | Sulpiciī | Sulpiciae | Sulpicia | |
| genitive | Sulpiciī | Sulpiciae | Sulpiciī | Sulpiciōrum | Sulpiciārum | Sulpiciōrum | |
| dative | Sulpiciō | Sulpiciae | Sulpiciō | Sulpiciīs | |||
| accusative | Sulpicium | Sulpiciam | Sulpicium | Sulpiciōs | Sulpiciās | Sulpicia | |
| ablative | Sulpiciō | Sulpiciā | Sulpiciō | Sulpiciīs | |||
| vocative | Sulpicie | Sulpicia | Sulpicium | Sulpiciī | Sulpiciae | Sulpicia | |
Descendants
(name):
(adjective):
- English: Sulpician
References
- “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.