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- Latin · borrowed fromTarpēiānus
- English todayTarpeian
From Latin Tarpēius + -an or directly from Latin Tarpēiānus.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: Only used in Tarpeian Rock (“a steep cliff of the southern summit of the Capitoline Hill, used as an execution site in Ancient Rome”) Full definition →
From Latin Tarpēius + -an or directly from Latin Tarpēiānus.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.