Pompeius

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Oscan 𐌐𐌖𐌌𐌐𐌄 (pumpe, “five”), from Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe. See also Pompēiī.

Pronunciation
(trisyllabic)
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /pomˈpeːj.jus/, [pɔmˈpeːj.jʊs]
(quadrisyllabic)
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /pomˈpeː.i.us/, [pɔmˈpeː.i.ʊs]

Proper noun

Pompēius m sg (genitive Pompēiī or Pompēī); second declension

  1. Pompey

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Pompēius
Genitive Pompēiī
Pompēī1
Dative Pompēiō
Accusative Pompēium
Ablative Pompēiō
Vocative Pompēī

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

Note:

  • In texts from the 16th and 17th century, the genitive Pompeii does occur as Pompeij.

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
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