Erpenius

== Latin == === Etymology === From Dutch van Erpe + Latin -ius. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɛrˈpɛ.ni.ʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [erˈpɛː.ni.us] === Proper noun === Erpenius m sg (genitive Erpeniī or Erpenī); second declension (New Latin) a surname from Dutch — famously held by: Thomas van Erpe (1584–1624), Dutch Orientalist. ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun, singular only. 1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).