Pompeius
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Oscan [Term?], from 𐌐𐌖𐌌𐌐𐌄 (pumpe, “five”) + -eius, from Proto-Italic *kʷenkʷe, from Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe. Compare Oscan 𐌐𐌞𐌌𐌐𐌀𐌉𐌉𐌀𐌍𐌔 (púmpaiians, “Pompeian”, masc.nom.sg.), which shows that the penultimate vowel was short, as well as the geminate consonant, just as in peius.[1][2] See also Pompeiī. Doublet of Quinquius, the native Latin form.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [pɔmˈpɛj.jʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [pomˈpɛː.jus]
- Note: the spelling ei in this word most likely stood for a short vowel followed by the geminate consonant /i̯/.
Adjective
Pompeius (feminine Pompeia, neuter Pompeium); first/second-declension adjective
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | Pompeius | Pompeia | Pompeium | Pompeiī | Pompeiae | Pompeia | |
| genitive | Pompeiī | Pompeiae | Pompeiī | Pompeiōrum | Pompeiārum | Pompeiōrum | |
| dative | Pompeiō | Pompeiae | Pompeiō | Pompeiīs | |||
| accusative | Pompeium | Pompeiam | Pompeium | Pompeiōs | Pompeiās | Pompeia | |
| ablative | Pompeiō | Pompeiā | Pompeiō | Pompeiīs | |||
| vocative | Pompeie | Pompeia | Pompeium | Pompeiī | Pompeiae | Pompeia | |
Noun
Pompeius m (genitive Pompeiī or Pompeī, feminine Pompeia); second declension
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | masculine | feminine | ||
| nominative | Pompeius | Pompeia | Pompeiī | Pompeiae | |
| genitive | Pompeiī | Pompeiae | Pompeiōrum | Pompeiārum | |
| dative | Pompeiō | Pompeiae | Pompeiīs | Pompeiīs | |
| accusative | Pompeium | Pompeiam | Pompeiōs | Pompeiās | |
| ablative | Pompeiō | Pompeiā | Pompeiīs | Pompeiīs | |
| vocative | Pompeie | Pompeia | Pompeiī | Pompeiae | |
Proper noun
Pompeius m sg (genitive Pompeiī or Pompeī); second declension
- A Roman nomen gentilicium, gens or "family name" famously held by:
Usage notes
- The vocative of given names with this suffix has one syllable less than the genitive.[3]
Declension
Second-declension noun, singular only.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Pompeius |
| genitive | Pompeiī Pompeī1 |
| dative | Pompeiō |
| accusative | Pompeium |
| ablative | Pompeiō |
| vocative | Pompei |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Related terms
References
- ^ Leumann, Manu, Hofmann, Johann Baptist, Szantyr, Anton (1977) “138, 1a”, in Lateinische Grammatik: Lateinische Laut- und Formenlehre, CH Beck, page 127
- ^ Leumann, Manu, Hofmann, Johann Baptist, Szantyr, Anton (1977) “273, 1d”, in Lateinische Grammatik: Lateinische Laut- und Formenlehre, CH Beck, page 289
- ^ Leumann, Manu, Hofmann, Johann Baptist, Szantyr, Anton (1977) “325, 2: Vokativ”, in Lateinische Grammatik: Lateinische Laut- und Formenlehre, CH Beck, page 424
Further reading
- “Pompeius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Pompeius”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Allen, Joseph Henry, Greenough, James B. (1903) Allen and Greenough's New Latin grammar for schools and colleges: founded on comparative grammar, Boston: Ginn and Company, § 46
- Pompeius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.