English Explanatory Dictionary

Tarpeian Rock

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A steep cliff of the southern summit of the Capitoline Hill, used as an execution site in Ancient Rome.

Word forms

Tarpeian Rock the Tarpeian Rock

Etymology

Partial calque of Latin saxum Tarpēium, named after the Roman traitress Tarpeia.

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