English Explanatory Dictionary

Tarpeian

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of or relating to Tarpeia.
  2. Only used in Tarpeian Rock (“a steep cliff of the southern summit of the Capitoline Hill, used as an execution site in Ancient Rome”)
  3. Only used in Tarpeian Mount (synonym of Capitoline Hill)
  4. Of or relating to the Tarpeian Rock or the Tarpeian Mount.

Word forms

Tarpeian

Etymology

From Latin Tarpēius + -an or directly from Latin Tarpēiānus.

Derived words

Tarpeian Mount Tarpeian Rock

Translations

French: tarpéien French: tarpée Middle French: tarpee Italian: tarpeo
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