Lupiae

Latin

Alternative forms

• Lupia f sg

Etymology

Of uncertain origin, with suggestions including:

• A relationship to lupus (“wolf”)
• Of Mediterranean substrate origin, from a root *lup- (“a bird's name”)
• From the name of the Lupia, a river in present-day Poland, which is said by Udolph to be from Proto-Indo-European *leup-, an extension of *lew- (“mud, dirt”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈlu.pi.ae̯/, [ˈɫ̪ʊpiäe̯]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈlu.pi.e/, [ˈluːpie]

Proper noun

Lupiae f pl (genitive Lupiārum); first declension

1. A city of the Salentini in Calabria, situated on the road from Brundisium to Hydruntum, now Lecce

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, plural only.

	plural
nominative	Lupiae
genitive	Lupiārum
dative	Lupiīs
accusative	Lupiās
ablative	Lupiīs
vocative	Lupiae
locative	Lupiīs

Derived terms

• Lupiēnsis

Descendants

• Italian: Lecce

References

• “Lupiae”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• Lupiae in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.