Tarquinius
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Etruscan Tarchuna, Tarchna (“Tarquinii”).[1] Further etymology is unknown.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /tarˈkʷi.ni.us/, [t̪ärˈkʷɪniʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /tarˈkwi.ni.us/, [t̪ärˈkwiːnius]
Proper noun
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
Second-declension noun, singular only.
| Case | 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
- of or belonging to Tarquinii, Tarquinian
- of or belonging to the family of the Tarquins, Tarquinian
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | Tarquinius | Tarquinia | Tarquinium | Tarquiniī | Tarquiniae | Tarquinia | |
| Genitive | Tarquiniī | Tarquiniae | Tarquiniī | Tarquiniōrum | Tarquiniārum | Tarquiniōrum | |
| Dative | Tarquiniō | Tarquiniō | Tarquiniīs | ||||
| Accusative | Tarquinium | Tarquiniam | Tarquinium | Tarquiniōs | Tarquiniās | Tarquinia | |
| Ablative | Tarquiniō | Tarquiniā | Tarquiniō | Tarquiniīs | |||
| Vocative | Tarquinie | Tarquinia | Tarquinium | Tarquiniī | Tarquiniae | Tarquinia | |
References
- ^ 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.