Dictionary.com
Thesaurus.com
Showing results for Ulpian. Search instead for Vulpian.

Ulpian

American  
[uhl-pee-uhn] / ˈʌl pi ən /

noun

  1. Domitius Ulpianus, died a.d. 288?, Roman jurist.


Ulpian British  
/ ˈʌlpɪən /

noun

  1. Latin name Domitius Ulpianus. died ?228 ad , Roman jurist, born in Phoenicia

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

So here you have, O excellent Ulpian, a man who mentions the photinx.

From The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us by Athen?us

And when he was cured he again came into public: and when men asked him, What is the matter, O Ulpian? he said it was a black eye.

From The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us by Athen?us

And from this you perceive, my good friend Ulpian, that you may raise another question, who the women are who still have their first husbands?

From The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us by Athen?us

This then, O my word-hunting Ulpian, is what you may learn from us Alexandrians, who are very fond of the music of the monaulos.

From The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us by Athen?us

And so when every one had been well amused by these jokes,—But, said Ulpian, I will also give you now the statement about paunches which I promised you.

From The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us by Athen?us