Lupiae
Latin
Alternative forms
- Lupia f sg
Etymology
Of uncertain origin, with suggestions including:
- A relationship to lupus (“wolf”)[1]
- Of Mediterranean substrate origin, from a root *lup- (“a bird's name”)[2]
- 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”).[3]
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈɫʊ.pi.ae̯]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈluː.pi.e]
Proper noun
Lupiae f pl (genitive Lupiārum); first declension
- 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.
- ^ Dizionario Di Toponomastica: Storia E Significato Dei Nomi Geografici Italiani
- ^ Alessio-De Giovanni: Alessio, G., De Giovanni, M., Apulia et Calabria nel quadro della toponomastica mediterranea, Atti del VII congresso internazionale di scienze onomastiche, vol. 1, Firenze 1962, pp. 65-129.
- ^ Udolph: Udolph, J., Die Stellung der Gewässernamen Polens innerhalb der alteuropäischen Hydronymie, Göttingen, 1990.