proper noun · masculinefirst declension
Lūpia
Lūpia m sg (genitive Lūpiae)
Meaning
- The river Lippe
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Lūpia | — |
| genitive | Lūpiae | — |
| dative | Lūpiae | — |
| accusative | Lūpiam | — |
| ablative | Lūpiā | — |
| vocative | Lūpia | — |
Lupĭa (Luppia), ae, m.,
I. a river in the north-west of Germany, now the Lippe, Mela, 3, 3, 3; Vell. 2, 10, 5; Tac. A. 1, 60; 2, 7; id. H. 5, 22.
Origins
] Of Germanic origin, from the root *lipjā. One common interpretation is that the Romanized form reflects a folk etymological adaptation to Latin lupus (“wolf”). The Germanic root is linked to verbs describing the river's flow characteristics, related to *sleupan (“to creep, sneak”). Supporting evidence includes Old High German sliofan, glossed as lūbricus (“slippery, smooth”) in Latin. Variants with and without s-mobile may represent parallel developments of the same root.