Pompey

See also: pompey

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpɒm.pi/
• Rhymes: (UK) -ɒmpi

Etymology 1

From Middle English Pompey, anglicization of Latin Pompeius.

Proper noun

Pompey

1. (historical) Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus, a military and political leader of the late Roman Republic.

Related terms

• Pompeian

Translations

a military and political leader of the late Roman Republic

• Armenian: Պոմպեոս (Pompeos)
• Catalan: Pompeu (ca)
• French: Pompée (fr)
• German: Pompeius
• Greek: Πομπήιος (el) (Pompíios)

  Ancient: Πομπήϊος (Pompḗïos)

• Italian: Pompeo (it)
• Latin: Pompeius
• Marathi: पाँपी (pŏmpī), पोंपेईउस (pompeīus)
• Occitan: Pompeu m
• Portuguese: Pompeu m
• Russian: Помпе́й (Pompéj)
• Spanish: Pompeyo

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Proper noun

Pompey

1. (slang) The city of Portsmouth, England.
   • 1918, Chambers's Journal, volume 95, page 393:

     I think it is a libel, for I have yet to learn that West Country sailor-men are fonder of their victuals than those from 'Pompey' (Portsmouth), or 'Chats' (Chatham), or than Scotsmen, Irishmen, or Welshmen.

2. (slang, soccer) Portsmouth Football Club.

Etymology 3

From French Pompey; earliest attested name: Pompangio (896).

Proper noun

Pompey

1. A city in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department, France

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔ̃.pɛ/

Proper noun

Pompey f

1. Pompey (a city in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department, France)

Descendants

• → English: Pompey

Paronyms

• Pompée
• Pompéi
• Popeye

 

Middle English

Alternative forms

• Pompeie, Pompeye

Etymology

Anglicization of Latin Pompeius.

Proper noun

Pompey

1. Pompey
   • ?a. 1450 (1422), John Lydgate, edited by H. N. MacCracken, The Serpent of Division (Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum, McClean 182), published 1911, 52/33:

     Pompey and þe Senat […] foriugged Cesar gilti […] and fully executed þer venenis malice.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Descendants

• English: Pompey