Tarquinius
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Etruscan Tarchuna, Tarchna (“Tarquinii”).[1] Further etymology is unknown.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [tarˈkʷɪ.ni.ʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [tarˈkʷiː.ni.us]
Proper noun
[edit]Tarquinius m sg (genitive Tarquiniī or Tarquinī); second declension
- Tarquin; a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
- Lucius Tarquinius Superbus, the seventh and final king of Rome
Declension
[edit]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
[edit]Adjective
[edit]Tarquinius (feminine Tarquinia, neuter Tarquinium); first/second-declension adjective
- of or belonging to Tarquinii, Tarquinian
- of or belonging to the family of the Tarquins, Tarquinian
Declension
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ 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.