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Alpius

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Latin

Etymology

Uncertain. Perhaps related to Paelignian Alpis and Oscan Alfius.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈaɫ.pi.ʊs]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈal.pi.us]

Proper noun

Alpius m sg (genitive Alpiī or Alpī); second declension

a Roman nomen gentilicium or "family name"
- CIL 11.1421:
  Alpius Pica C(aius) Vettius L(uci) f(ilius)
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- CIL 6.1057:
  C(aius) Alpi(us) Chresim(us)
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- CIL 6.11502:
  D(is) M(anibus) / Q(uinto) Alpio Q(uinti) f(ilio) / Tutellano filio / carissimo / qui vixit a(nnos) V / m(enses) II d(ies) XIII fe[c(it) 3] / Asclep[ius(?)
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

More information singular, nominative ...

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

References

Olli Salomies (2012), “The Nomina of the Samnites. A Checklist”, in Arctos – Acta Philologica Fennica‎, volume 46, →DOI, →ISSN, page 142
Inscriptiones Urbis Romae Latinae (in Latin), volume 6, Walter DeGruyter & Co, 1926, page 12

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