noun · femininefirst declension
pompa
pompa f (genitive pompae)
Classical[ˈpɔm.pa]Ecclesiastical[ˈpɔm.pa]
Mille Verba core vocabulary
Meaning
- feminineprocession, parade
- femininepomp
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
longus ōrdō hominum quī sacra ferunt; per viās prōcēdit.pompa -ae f — in Mille Verba, Deī et Sacra
longus ōrdō hominum euntiumpompa -ae (f) — in Metamorphoses I, ch. 3
Choosing the right word Döderlein's Latin Synonyms
Funus · Exsequiæ · Pompa
Funus (from φοινός, πεφνεῖν,) denotes the mere carrying out of the corpse, like ἐκφορά; whereas exsequiæ and pompa (πομπή) denote the solemn procession; exsequiæ, of the living, as relations and friends; pompa, of the inanimate, as the images of ancestors, and other pageants. Cic. Quint. 15. Funus, quo amici conveniunt ad exsequias cohonestandas. And Plin. H. N. x. 43. Flor. iii. 20. Nep. Att. 22. Elatus est in lecticula, sine ulla funeris pompa, comitantibus omnibus bonis, maxima vulgi frequentia. And Cic. Mil. 13. Tac. Ann. iii. 5. (iv. 408.)
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | pompa | pompae |
| genitive | pompae | pompārum |
| dative | pompae | pompīs |
| accusative | pompam | pompās |
| ablative | pompā | pompīs |
| vocative | pompa | pompae |
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- pompa funebris
- a funeral procession.
- flosculi, rhetorum pompa
- fine, rhetorical phrases.
pompa, ae, f., = πομπή,
I. a solemn procession, a public procession of any kind (at public festivals, games, triumphs, marriages, funerals, etc.).
I. Lit.
A. In gen.:
in pompā cum magna vis auri argentique ferretur, Cic. Tusc. 5, 32, 91: per Dionysia pompam ducere, Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 92: sollemnes ordine pompas Exequi, Verg. A. 5, 53: sollemnes ducere pompas Ad delubra juvat, id. G. 3, 22: Pontico triumpho inter pompae fercula trium verborum protulit titulum: veni, vidi, vici, Suet. Caes. 37; so, pompa Indica, i. e. the triumphal procession of Bacchus, Mart. 8, 78, 2: cadaver Clodii spoliatum exsequiis, pompā, Cic. Mil. 13, 39; so of a funeral procession, Nep. Att. 22, 4; cf.: pompam funeris ire, to attend a funeral, Ov. F. 6, 663: pompam parare triumphis, id. P. 3, 4, 95: exornaturus victoris superbi pompam, Sen. Vit. Beat. 25, 4: pomparum ferculis similes esse (referring to the slowness of such processions), Cic. Off. 1, 36, 131.—B. In partic., the processions at the Circensian games, in which images of the gods were carried, Liv. 30, 38 fin.; Tert. Spect. 7; Suet. Caes. 76; id. Tit. 2; id. Aug. 16; id. Calig. 15; id. Claud. 11; Ov. F. 4, 391; id. Am. 3, 2, 43 sq.; id. A. A. 1, 147; Inscr. Grut. 622, 9;
so of Cæsar, whose image was carried among them: tu hunc de pompā, Quirini contubernalem, laetaturum putas? Cic. Att. 13, 28, 3.—II. Transf.
A. A train, suite, retinue, row, array of persons or things (class.), Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 1; Ter. Heaut. 4, 4, 17:
molesta haec pompa lictorum meorum, Cic. Fam. 2, 16, 2: postremo tota petitio cura ut pompae plena sit, Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 13, 52: captivorum, Juv. 10, 281.—Of things: pecuniae pompa, Sen. Ep. 110, 15: ventri portatur pompa, i. e. rich repast, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Macr. S. 2, 12: munera certā discurrunt pompā, Tib. 3, 1, 3: sarcinarum, Mart. 12, 32, 25: strepitus pompae armorum, Vulg. Jer. 47, 3.—B. Parade, display, ostentation, pomp (class.;
syn. apparatus): rhetorum pompa, Cic. Tusc. 4, 21, 48: in dicendo adhibere quandam speciem atque pompam, id. de Or. 2, 72, 294: detraxit muneri suo pompam, Sen. Ben. 2, 13, 2: ad pompam vel ostentationem aliquid accipere, Dig. 13, 6, 3 fin.: genus orationis pompae quam pugnae aptius, Cic. Or. 13, 42; so, eorum partim in pompā, partim in acie illustres esse voluerunt, id. de Or. 2, 22, 94.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
pompa ae, f
, πομπή, a solemn procession, public procession, parade: in pompā ferri: sollemnīs ducere pompas Ad delubra, V.: in foro pompa constitit, L.: pompam funeris ire, attend a funeral, O.: pomparum ferculis similes esse, i. e. as slow as: Circus erit pompā celeber, O.—A train, suit, retinue, row, array: tua, T.: haec lictorum: captivorum, Iu.—Parade, display, ostentation, pomp: rhetorum: genus orationis pompae quam pugnae aptius.
Origins
From Ancient Greek πομπή (pompḗ, “a sending, a solemn procession, pomp”), from πέμπω (pémpō, “to send”).
Descendants
- Catalanpompa
- Englishpomp
- Frenchpompe
- Italianpompa
- Portuguesepompa
- Spanishpompa
- Esperantopompo
- Galicianpompa
- Hungarianpompa
- Sicilianpompa