Tarpeius
Latin edit
Etymology edit
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Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /tarˈpeː.i̯us/, [t̪ärˈpeːi̯ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /tarˈpe.jus/, [t̪ärˈpɛːjus]
Proper noun edit
Tarpēius m sg (genitive Tarpēiī or Tarpēī); second declension
- a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
- Spurius Tarpeius, a Roman governor
- Tarpeia, a Roman mythological figure
Declension edit
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 edit
Adjective edit
Tarpēius (feminine Tarpēia, neuter Tarpēium); first/second-declension adjective
- of or pertaining to the gens Tarpeia.
Declension edit
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 edit
- “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.