Cupiennius

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ku.piˈen.ni.us/, [kʊpiˈɛnːiʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ku.piˈen.ni.us/, [kupiˈɛnːius]

Proper noun

Cupiennius m sg (genitive Cupienniī or Cupiennī); second declension

1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
   1. Gaius Cupiennius, a friend of Cicero

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	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.