Tarpeius

== Latin == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [tarˈpɛj.jʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [tarˈpɛː.jus] === Proper noun === Tarpeius m sg (genitive Tarpeiī or Tarpeī); second declension a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by: Spurius Tarpeius, a Roman governor Tarpeia, a Roman mythological figure ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun, singular only. 1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age). ==== Derived terms ==== Tarpeia Tarpeiānus === Adjective === Tarpeius (feminine Tarpeia, neuter Tarpeium); first/second-declension adjective of or pertaining to the gens Tarpeia. of or pertaining to Tarpeia (vestal virgin) ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Descendants ==== ⇒ English: Tarpeian ⇒ French: tarpéien Italian: tarpeo Middle French: tarpeeFrench: tarpée === 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.