Tarquitius

Latin

Etymology

Probably from Etruscan [Term?].

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /tarˈkʷi.ti.us/, [t̪ärˈkʷɪt̪iʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /tarˈkwit.t͡si.us/, [t̪ärˈkwit̪ː͡s̪ius]

Proper noun

Tarquitius m sg (genitive Tarquitiī or Tarquitī); second declension

1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
   1. Quintus Tarquitius Catulus, a Roman governor

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Tarquitius
genitive	Tarquitiī Tarquitī1
dative	Tarquitiō
accusative	Tarquitium
ablative	Tarquitiō
vocative	Tarquitī

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

Derived terms

• Tarquitiānus

References

• “Tarquitius”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
• Tarquitius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.