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Apuleius
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English
Etymology
en :bor la:Apuleius + 1
Pronunciation
en /ˌæpjuˈli.əs/
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Apuleius.wav Southern England
Proper noun
An author in the Roman Empire, Lucius Apuleius Madaurensis.
Translations
author in the Roman Empire
Armenian: hy Ապուլեոս
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 阿普列烏斯 Āpǔlièwūsī
Danish: da Apulejus m
Dutch: nl Apuleius m
French: fr Apulée m
Georgian: ka აპულეიუსი
German: de Apuleius m, de Apulejus m, de Appulejus m
Alemannic German: gsw Apuleios m
Greek: el Απουλήιος m
Ancient Greek: grc Ἀπουλήϊος m
Hungarian: hu Apuleius m
Italian: it Apuleio m
Japanese: ja アプレイウス Apureiusu
Korean: ko ^아풀레이우스
Latin: la Apuleius m
Luxembourgish: lb Apuleius m
Polish: pl Apulejusz m
Portuguese: pt Apuleio m
Russian: ru Апуле́й m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh Апулеј m
Latin: sh Apulej m
Slovene: sl Apulej m
Spanish: es Apuleyo m
Swedish: sv Apuleius c
See also
en
Latin
la:+ (discretiva)
la:Lucius +
Alternative forms
la Appuleius
la Apul. abbreviation
Etymology
Possibly from the praenomen la Appius + la -uleius. The form la Appuleius features in older inscriptions.
Pronunciation
Apulejjus
If the name is simplified from Appuleius and is related to Appius, the first A is short.
Proper noun
Apuleius<2>
A masculine en nomen — famously held by:
Lucius Appuleius Saturninus (138–100 BC), tribunus plebis in 103 and 100 BC
Apuleius Lucius Apuleius Madaurensis (circa AD 124–170), a spirited and flowery – but sometimes bombastic – writer, whose principal work yet extant is called The Golden Ass Metamorphoseon sive de Asino Aureo libri XI.
Pseudo-Apuleius (Pseudo-)Apuleius Platonicus (la floruit fl. AD 4th C.), pseudonymous author of a Herbarium popular throughout the Early Middle Ages Early and High Middle Ages
Declension
Apuleius<2>
Descendants
en Apuleius
fr Apulée
el Απουλήιος
pt Apuleio
es Apuleyo
Further reading
Apuleius (discretiva) Apuleius (disambiguation) la
Lucius Appuleius Saturninus Lucius Apuleius Saturninus la
Lucius Apuleius Apuleius Madaurensis la
Apuleius (scriptor pseudonymus) (Pseudo-)Apuleius Platonicus la
Adjective
Apuleius
of Apuleius
la of a law or laws proposed by the tribunus plebis L. Apuleius Saturninus
Declension
Apuleius
References
Appŭlēius Appuleius
Apŭlēĭus (App-) 149/3
1 Āpulēius 156
la nomina gentilia