Sulpicius

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /sulˈpi.ki.us/, [s̠ʊɫ̪ˈpɪkiʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /sulˈpi.t͡ʃi.us/, [sulˈpiːt͡ʃius]

Proper noun

Sulpicius m sg (genitive Sulpiciī or Sulpicī); second declension

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

• Sulpicia
• Sulpiciānus

Adjective

Sulpicius (feminine Sulpicia, neuter Sulpicium); first/second-declension adjective

1. 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):

• English: Sulpitius
• French: Sulpice
• Spanish: Sulpicio

(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.