Alpius

Uncertain. Perhaps related to Paelignian Alpis and Oscan Alfius.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈaɫ.pi.ʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈal.pi.us]

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

1. 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(?)

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Second-declension noun, singular only.

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

• Olli Salomies (2012), “The Nomina of the Samnites. A Checklist”, in Arctos – Acta Philologica Fennica‎^[1], volume 46, →DOI, →ISSN, page 142
• Inscriptiones Urbis Romae Latinae (in Latin), volume 6, Walter DeGruyter & Co, 1926, page 12