Lupia

lupia Italian Etymology Probably from the place Lupia in Scigliano of the Cosenza province. Also possibly from it el Λουπιαί, the Greek name name for Lecce, which is from it la Lupiae. Proper noun mfbysense it Further reading Anagrams it ailpu apuli Latin la: Etymology 1 right|thumb|source of the river at Bad Lippspringe Of la gem origin, from the root gem-pro *lipjā. One common interpretation is that the Romanized form reflects a folk etymological adaptation to la lupus wolf. The Germanic root is linked to verbs describing the river's flow characteristics, related to gmw-pro *sleupan to creep, sneak. Supporting evidence includes goh sliofan, glossed as la lūbricus slippery, smooth in Latin. Variants with and without s-mobile may represent parallel developments of the same root.Corinna Scheungraber, Friedrich E. Grünzweig: Die altgermanischen Toponyme sowie ungermanische Toponyme Germaniens. Ein Handbuch zu ihrer Etymologie unter Benutzung einer Bibliographie von Robert Nedoma (= Philologica Germanica 34, herausgegeben von Hermann Reichert). Fassbaender, Wien 2014, 978-3-902575-62-3, S. 222–223; Franz Cramer: Lupia 2. In: Paulys Realencyclopädie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft (RE). Band XIII,2, Stuttgart 1927, Sp. 1842 f. Alternative forms la Luppia Proper noun Lūpia<1> m The river Lippe Declension Lūpia<1> References Luppia Etymology 2 Pronunciation Lupia Proper noun Lupia<1.loc> la Lupiae Lecce la Pliny the Elder Naturalis Historia 3 19 101 ab Hydrunte Soletum desertum, dein Fratuertium, portus Tarentinus, statio Miltopes, Lupia, Balesium, Caelia, Brundisium Declension Lupia<1.loc> la Rivers