Apuleius

Apuleius

English

Etymology

    Borrowed from Latin Apuleius.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˌæpjuˈli.əs/
    • Audio (Southern England):(file)

    Proper noun

    Apuleius

    1. An author in the Roman Empire, Lucius Apuleius Madaurensis.

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    See also

    Latin

    Alternative forms

    Etymology

    Possibly from the praenomen Appius + -uleius. The form Appuleius features in older inscriptions.

    Pronunciation

    Proper noun

    Apuleius m sg (genitive Apuleiī or Apuleī); second declension

    1. A masculine nomen — famously held by:
      1. Lucius Appuleius Saturninus (138–100 BC), tribunus plebis in 103 and 100 BC
      2. Lucius Apuleius Madaurensis (circa AD 124–170), a spirited and flowery – but sometimes bombastic – writer, whose principal work yet extant is called Metamorphoseon sive de Asino Aureo libri XI.
      3. (Pseudo-)Apuleius Platonicus (fl. AD 4th C.), pseudonymous author of a Herbarium popular throughout the Early and High Middle Ages

    Declension

    Second-declension noun, singular only.

    singular
    nominative Apuleius
    genitive Apuleiī
    Apuleī1
    dative Apuleiō
    accusative Apuleium
    ablative Apuleiō
    vocative Apuleī

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

    Descendants

    • English: Apuleius
    • French: Apulée
    • Greek: Απουλήιος (Apoulíios)
    • Portuguese: Apuleio
    • Spanish: Apuleyo

    Further reading

    Adjective

    Apuleius (feminine Apuleia, neuter Apuleium); first/second-declension adjective

    1. of Apuleius
      1. (of a law or laws) proposed by the tribunus plebis L. Apuleius Saturninus

    Declension

    First/second-declension adjective.

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