Tarquinius

Tarquinius

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /tarˈkʷi.ni.us/, [t̪ärˈkʷɪniʊs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /tarˈkwi.ni.us/, [t̪ärˈkwiːnius]

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.

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

• Tarquiniēnsēs
• Tarquiniēnsis
• Tarquiniī

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.

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

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