Pompeius

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Oscan 𐌐𐌖𐌌𐌐𐌄 (pumpe, five), a reference to its five districts, from Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe. See also Pompēiī.

Pronunciation

(trisyllabic)
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /pomˈpeːj.jus/, [pɔmˈpeːj.jʊs]
(quadrisyllabic)
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /pomˈpeː.i.us/, [pɔmˈpeː.i.ʊs]

Proper noun

Pompēius m (genitive Pompēiī); second declension

  1. Pompey

Declension

Second declension.

Case Singular
nominative Pompēius
genitive Pompēiī
Pompēī1
dative Pompēiō
accusative Pompēium
ablative Pompēiō
vocative Pompēī

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Note:

  • In texts from the 16th and 17th century, the genitive Pompeii does occur as Pompeij.

Further reading

  • Pompeius in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Pompeius in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • Allen, Joseph Henry; Greenough, James B. (1903) Allen and Greenough's New Latin grammar for schools and colleges: founded on comparative grammar, Boston: Ginn and Company, § 46
  • Pompeius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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