Ulpius

== Latin == === Etymology === Perhaps derived from an unmetathesized Osco-Umbrian descendant of Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos. If this etymology is accepted, then the term is a doublet of lupus, lycos, and Lycus. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈʊɫ.pi.ʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈul.pi.us] === Proper noun === Ulpius m sg (genitive Ulpiī or Ulpī); second declension a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by: Trajan, a Roman emperor ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun, singular only. 1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age). ==== Derived terms ==== Ulpia Ulpiānus === Adjective === Ulpius (feminine Ulpia, neuter Ulpium); first/second-declension adjective of or pertaining to the gens Ulpia. ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. === References === “Ulpius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Ulpius”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.