Pompejus

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Latin

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Pompejus m sg (genitive Pompejī or Pompeī); second declension

  1. Alternative form of Pompeius (Pompey)
    • Dionysii Petavii Aurelianensis Rationarium Temporum Tomus Tertius Continens Successiones Patriarcharum, Pontificum, Imperatorum, ac Regum Veteris & Novi Testamenti, Venetiis, 1722, p. 48 & 92 (a list of Roman consules):
      Successio XXXIX. Consules Romani. Sextus Pompejus Pompei Magni Filius   719   34

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

singular
nominative Pompejus
genitive Pompejī
Pompeī
dative Pompejō
accusative Pompejum
ablative Pompejō
vocative Pompeī

Note:

  • The genitive Pompei does very rarely occur as Pompej in older texts.

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