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Tarpeian

Tarpeian adjective: only used in Tarpeian Rock (“a steep cliff of the southern summit of the Capitoline Hill, used as an execution site in Ancient Rome”).

Adjective

Tarpeian (not comparable)

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

Origin of Tarpeian

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

Words formed from Tarpeian

Questions about Tarpeian

What does Tarpeian mean?
Tarpeian means only used in Tarpeian Rock (“a steep cliff of the southern summit of the Capitoline Hill, used as an execution site in Ancient Rome”).
What part of speech is Tarpeian?
Tarpeian is an adjective.

Words near Tarpeian in the dictionary

  1. tarpaulings
  2. tarpaulining
  3. tarpaulins
  4. tarped
  5. Tarpeia
  6. Tarpeian
  7. Tarpeian Mount
  8. Tarpeian Rock
  9. Tarpetes
  10. Tarpey
  11. Tarpey Village

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