noun · masculinesecond declension
Pompeius1
Pompeius m (genitive Pompeiī or Pompeī, feminine Pompeia)
Classical[pɔmˈpɛj.jʊs]Ecclesiastical[pomˈpɛː.jus]
Meaning
- masculinea citizen of Pompeii, a Pompeian
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Pompeius Pompeia | Pompeiī Pompeiae |
| genitive | Pompeiī Pompeiae | Pompeiōrum Pompeiārum |
| dative | Pompeiō Pompeiae | Pompeiīs |
| accusative | Pompeium Pompeiam | Pompeiōs Pompeiās |
| ablative | Pompeiō Pompeiā | Pompeiīs |
| vocative | Pompeie Pompeia | Pompeiī Pompeiae |
Pompējus (trisyl.) or Pompēïus (quadrisyl.), i, m., and Pompēja, ae, f.,
I. name of a Roman gens. So the famous Cn. Pompejus Magnus, the triumvir, Caes. B. C. 3, 86; Cic. Fam. 3, 4, 2; 13, 41, 1; id. Imp. Pomp. 1 sqq. et saep.—In fem., Pompeja, his sister, Cic. Fam. 5, 11, 2;
another, his daughter, Hirt. B. Afr. 95, 3; a third, daughter of Q. Pompeius, wife of Julius Cœsar, divorced from him, Suet. Caes. 6; 74.— Hence, A. Pompējus (Pompēïus), a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Pompey, Pompeian:
domus, Ov. P. 4, 5, 9: lex, Caes. B. C. 3, 1: porticus, at Rome, Prop. 2, 23, 45 (3, 30, 11); cf. Plin. 35, 9, 35, § 59; Suet. Caes. 81: via, leading through Sicily, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 66, § 169: ficus, Plin. 15, 18, 19, § 70.—B. Pompējānus, a, um, adj., of Pompey, Pompeian:
equitatus, Caes. B. C. 3, 58: classis, id. ib. 3, 101: triumphi, Luc. 3, 166: caedes, id. 10, 350: porticus (usually called Pompeja porticus), Vitr. 5, 9: theatrum, Mart. 6, 9; 14, 29; hence also, Notus, which blew in Pompey's theatre, id. 11, 21: ficus (also called Pompeja ficus), Cloat. ap. Macr. S. 2, 16: partes, Sen. Ep. 71, 9.—2. Subst.: Pompējāni, ōrum, m., the adherents or soldiers of Pompey, Pompey's party, Pompey's troops, Caes. B. C. 3, 46; Vell. 2, 52, 4; Sen. Ira, 3, 30, 5.—In sing., Tac. A. 4, 34:
Pompejanus Cilix, Luc. 4, 448.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
Pompēius
(trisyl.), a, a gentile name.—As adj., of a Pompey, Cs., C., O.—Esp., Cn. Pompeius Magnus, the triumvir, Cs., C.
Origins
Borrowed from Oscan, from *pompe (“five”) + -eius, from Proto-Italic *kʷenkʷe, from Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe. Compare Oscan 𐌐𐌞𐌌𐌐𐌀𐌉𐌉𐌀𐌍𐌔 (púmpaiians, “Pompeian”, masc.nom.sg.), which shows that the penultimate vowel was short, as well as the geminate consonant, just as in peius. See also Pompeiī. Doublet of Quinquius, the native Latin form.