proper noun · masculinesecond declension
Pompeiī
Pompeiī m pl (genitive Pompeiōrum)
Classical[pɔmˈpɛj.jiː]Ecclesiastical[pomˈpɛː.ji]
Meaning
- Pompeii (a maritime city in the south of Campania, overwhelmed by an eruption of Vesuvius, A.D. 79)
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | — | Pompeiī |
| genitive | — | Pompeiōrum |
| dative | — | Pompeiīs |
| accusative | — | Pompeiōs |
| ablative | — | Pompeiīs |
| vocative | — | Pompeiī |
| locative | — | Pompeiīs |
Pompēji, ōrum, m.,
I. a maritime city in the south of Campania, overwhelmed, together with Herculaneum and Stabiœ, by an eruption of Vesuvius, A. D. 79, Mel. 2, 4, 9; Liv. 9, 38; Sen. Q. N. 6, 1, 1.—Hence,
II. Pompējānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Pompeii, Pompeian:
regio, Sen. Q. N. 6, 27, 1: Sarnus, Stat. S. 1, 2, 265: vinum, Plin. 14, 6, 8, § 70: brassica, id. 19, 8, 41, § 140.—2. Subst.
Origins
Borrowed from Oscan, from Oscan *pompe (“five”) + -eius. A reference to the city's five districts, from Proto-Italic *kʷenkʷe, from Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe. See also the gens name Pompeius and quīnque, the native word for “five”.