Tarpeius

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

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

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

	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

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	Tarpēius	Tarpēia	Tarpēium		Tarpēiī	Tarpēiae	Tarpēia
genitive	Tarpēiī	Tarpēiae	Tarpēiī		Tarpēiōrum	Tarpēiārum	Tarpēiōrum
dative	Tarpēiō	Tarpēiae	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.