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Latin
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Pompejus m sg (genitive Pompejī or Pompeī); second declension
- 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.
Note:
- The genitive Pompei does very rarely occur as Pompej in older texts.
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