Pompeius

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Oscan 𐌐𐌖𐌌𐌐𐌄 (pumpe, five), from Proto-Italic *kʷenkʷe, from Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe. See also Pompēiī.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /pomˈpeː.i̯us/, [pɔmˈpeːi̯ʊs̠]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /pomˈpe.jus/, [pomˈpɛːjus]

Proper noun

Pompēius m sg (genitive Pompēiī or Pompēī); second declension

  1. Pompey

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Pompēius
Genitive Pompēiī
Pompēī1
Dative Pompēiō
Accusative Pompēium
Ablative Pompēiō
Vocative Pompēī

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

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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