Tarpeius

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Proper noun

Tarpeius m sg (genitive Tarpeiī or Tarpeī); second declension

  1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
    1. Spurius Tarpeius, a Roman governor
    2. Tarpeia, a Roman mythological figure

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

singular
nominative Tarpeius
genitive Tarpeiī
Tarpeī1
dative Tarpeiō
accusative Tarpeium
ablative Tarpeiō
vocative Tarpeī

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

Derived terms

  • Tarpeia
  • Tarpeiānus

Adjective

Tarpeius (feminine Tarpeia, neuter Tarpeium); first/second-declension adjective

  1. of or pertaining to the gens Tarpeia.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative Tarpeius Tarpeia Tarpeium Tarpeiī Tarpeiae Tarpeia
genitive Tarpeiī Tarpeiae Tarpeiī Tarpeiōrum Tarpeiārum Tarpeiōrum
dative Tarpeiō Tarpeiae Tarpeiō Tarpeiīs
accusative Tarpeium Tarpeiam Tarpeium Tarpeiōs Tarpeiās Tarpeia
ablative Tarpeiō Tarpeiā Tarpeiō Tarpeiīs
vocative Tarpeie Tarpeia Tarpeium Tarpeiī Tarpeiae Tarpeia

References

  • “Tarpeius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Tarpeius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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