Ulpius

Latin

Etymology

PIE word
*wĺ̥kʷos

Perhaps derived from an unmetathesized Osco-Umbrian descendant of Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos.[1][2] If this etymology is accepted, then the term is a doublet of lupus, lycos, and Lycus.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Ulpius m sg (genitive Ulpiī or Ulpī); second declension

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

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

singular
nominative Ulpius
genitive Ulpiī
Ulpī1
dative Ulpiō
accusative Ulpium
ablative Ulpiō
vocative Ulpī

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Derived terms

  • Ulpia
  • Ulpiānus

Adjective

Ulpius (feminine Ulpia, neuter Ulpium); first/second-declension adjective

  1. of or pertaining to the gens Ulpia.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative Ulpius Ulpia Ulpium Ulpiī Ulpiae Ulpia
genitive Ulpiī Ulpiae Ulpiī Ulpiōrum Ulpiārum Ulpiōrum
dative Ulpiō Ulpiae Ulpiō Ulpiīs
accusative Ulpium Ulpiam Ulpium Ulpiōs Ulpiās Ulpia
ablative Ulpiō Ulpiā Ulpiō Ulpiīs
vocative Ulpie Ulpia Ulpium Ulpiī Ulpiae Ulpia

References

  1. ^ Höfler, Stefan (11 June 2024), Larsson, Jenny, Olander, Thomas, Jørgensen, Anders Richardt, editors, Linnaean linguistics: ‘Bear’, ‘horse’, ‘wolf’ and the Indo-European phylogeny from a zoographical perspective‎[1], Stockholm University Press, →DOI, →ISBN, page 75
  2. ^ Oswald Szemerényi (1954), “Illyrica”, in Zeitschrift für vergleichende Sprachforschung auf dem Gebiete der Indogermanischen Sprachen‎[2], volume 71, number 3/4, →ISSN, page 204
  • “Ulpius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “Ulpius”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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