Tarpeius

Latin

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /tarˈpeːj.jus/, [tarˈpeːj.jʊs]

Proper noun

Tarpēius m sg (genitive Tarpēiī or Tarpēī); 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.

Case Singular
Nominative Tarpēius
Genitive Tarpēiī
Tarpēī1
Dative Tarpēiō
Accusative Tarpēium
Ablative Tarpēiō
Vocative Tarpēī

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

Derived terms

  • Tarpēia
  • Tarpēiānus

Adjective

Tarpēius (feminine Tarpēia, neuter Tarpēium); first/second-declension adjective

  1. of or pertaining to the gens Tarpeia.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative Tarpēius Tarpēia Tarpēium Tarpēiī Tarpēiae Tarpēia
Genitive Tarpēiī Tarpēiae Tarpēiī Tarpēiōrum Tarpēiārum Tarpēiōrum
Dative Tarpēiō Tarpēiō Tarpēiīs
Accusative Tarpēium Tarpēiam Tarpēium Tarpēiōs Tarpēiās Tarpēia
Ablative Tarpēiō Tarpēiā Tarpēiō Tarpēiīs
Vocative Tarpēie Tarpēia Tarpēium Tarpēiī Tarpēiae Tarpēia

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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