Tarquinius

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Latin

Etymology

From Etruscan Tarchuna, Tarchna (“Tarquinii”).[1] Further etymology is unknown.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Tarquinius m sg (genitive Tarquiniī or Tarquinī); second declension

  1. Tarquin; a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
    1. Lucius Tarquinius Superbus, the seventh and final king of Rome

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

singular
nominative Tarquinius
genitive Tarquiniī
Tarquinī1
dative Tarquiniō
accusative Tarquinium
ablative Tarquiniō
vocative Tarquinī

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

Derived terms

Adjective

Tarquinius (feminine Tarquinia, neuter Tarquinium); first/second-declension adjective

  1. of or belonging to Tarquinii, Tarquinian
  2. of or belonging to the family of the Tarquins, Tarquinian

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative Tarquinius Tarquinia Tarquinium Tarquiniī Tarquiniae Tarquinia
genitive Tarquiniī Tarquiniae Tarquiniī Tarquiniōrum Tarquiniārum Tarquiniōrum
dative Tarquiniō Tarquiniae Tarquiniō Tarquiniīs
accusative Tarquinium Tarquiniam Tarquinium Tarquiniōs Tarquiniās Tarquinia
ablative Tarquiniō Tarquiniā Tarquiniō Tarquiniīs
vocative Tarquinie Tarquinia Tarquinium Tarquiniī Tarquiniae Tarquinia

References

  1. ^ Gary Forsythe: "A Critical History of Early Rome: From Prehistory to the First Punic War." University of California Press, 2006. page 100.
  • “Tarquinius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Tarquinius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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