Tarpeius

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /tarˈpei̯.i̯us/, [t̪ärˈpɛi̯ːʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /tarˈpe.jus/, [t̪ärˈpɛːjus]

Proper noun

Tarpeius m sg (genitive Tarpeiī or Tarpeī); 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.

	singular
nominative	Tarpeius
genitive	Tarpeiī Tarpeī1
dative	Tarpeiō
accusative	Tarpeium
ablative	Tarpeiō
vocative	Tarpeī

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

Derived terms

• Tarpeia
• Tarpeiānus

Adjective

Tarpeius (feminine Tarpeia, neuter Tarpeium); first/second-declension adjective

1. of or pertaining to the gens Tarpeia.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	Tarpeius	Tarpeia	Tarpeium		Tarpeiī	Tarpeiae	Tarpeia
genitive	Tarpeiī	Tarpeiae	Tarpeiī		Tarpeiōrum	Tarpeiārum	Tarpeiōrum
dative	Tarpeiō	Tarpeiae	Tarpeiō		Tarpeiīs
accusative	Tarpeium	Tarpeiam	Tarpeium		Tarpeiōs	Tarpeiās	Tarpeia
ablative	Tarpeiō	Tarpeiā	Tarpeiō		Tarpeiīs
vocative	Tarpeie	Tarpeia	Tarpeium		Tarpeiī	Tarpeiae	Tarpeia

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.