Calpurnius

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kalˈpur.ni.us/, [käɫ̪ˈpʊrniʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kalˈpur.ni.us/, [kälˈpurnius]

Proper noun

Calpurnius m sg (genitive Calpurniī or Calpurnī); second declension

1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
   1. Marcus Calpurnius Bibulus, a Roman consul
   2. Titus Calpurnius Siculus, a Roman poet

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Calpurnius
Genitive	Calpurniī Calpurnī1
Dative	Calpurniō
Accusative	Calpurnium
Ablative	Calpurniō
Vocative	Calpurnī

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

Derived terms

• Calpurnia
• Calpurniānus

Adjective

Calpurnius (feminine Calpurnia, neuter Calpurnium); first/second-declension adjective

1. of or pertaining to the gens Calpurnia.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	Calpurnius	Calpurnia	Calpurnium		Calpurniī	Calpurniae	Calpurnia
Genitive	Calpurniī	Calpurniae	Calpurniī		Calpurniōrum	Calpurniārum	Calpurniōrum
Dative	Calpurniō		Calpurniō		Calpurniīs
Accusative	Calpurnium	Calpurniam	Calpurnium		Calpurniōs	Calpurniās	Calpurnia
Ablative	Calpurniō	Calpurniā	Calpurniō		Calpurniīs
Vocative	Calpurnie	Calpurnia	Calpurnium		Calpurniī	Calpurniae	Calpurnia

References

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