Tarquinius

Latin

Etymology

From Etruscan Tarchuna, Tarchna (Tarquinii).[1] Further etymology is unknown.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Tarquinius m sg (genitive Tarquiniī or Tarquinī); second declension

  1. Tarquin; a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
    1. Lucius Tarquinius Superbus, the seventh and final king of Rome

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

singular
nominative Tarquinius
genitive Tarquiniī
Tarquinī1
dative Tarquiniō
accusative Tarquinium
ablative Tarquiniō
vocative Tarquinī

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

Derived terms

Adjective

Tarquinius (feminine Tarquinia, neuter Tarquinium); first/second-declension adjective

  1. of or belonging to Tarquinii, Tarquinian
  2. of or belonging to the family of the Tarquins, Tarquinian

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

References

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