Pompejus
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /pomˈpei̯.i̯us/, [pɔmˈpɛi̯ːʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /pomˈpe.jus/, [pomˈpɛːjus]
Proper noun
Pompejus m sg (genitive Pompejī or Pompeī); second declension
- Alternative form of Pompeius (“Pompey”)
- Dionysii Petavii Aurelianensis Rationarium Temporum Tomus Tertius Continens Successiones Patriarcharum, Pontificum, Imperatorum, ac Regum Veteris & Novi Testamenti, Venetiis, 1722, p. 48 & 92 (a list of Roman consules):
- Successio XXXIX. Consules Romani. [...] Sextus Pompejus Pompei Magni Filius [An. urbis] 719 [Ante Chr.] 34
- Dionysii Petavii Aurelianensis Rationarium Temporum Tomus Tertius Continens Successiones Patriarcharum, Pontificum, Imperatorum, ac Regum Veteris & Novi Testamenti, Venetiis, 1722, p. 48 & 92 (a list of Roman consules):
Declension
Second-declension noun, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Pompejus |
| Genitive | Pompejī Pompeī |
| Dative | Pompejō |
| Accusative | Pompejum |
| Ablative | Pompejō |
| Vocative | Pompeī |
Note:
- The genitive Pompei does very rarely occur as Pompej in older texts.
References
- “Pompejus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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