Tarpēius — Lewis & Short
Tarpēius, i, m.; Tarpēia, ae, f.,
I a Roman proper name; so esp.,
1 Sp. Tarpeius, the father of Tarpeia, who opened the citadel to the Sabines, Liv. 1, 11; Val. Max. 9, 6, 1.—
2 Tarpeia, a Roman maiden, who treacherously opened the citadel to the Sabines, and for her reward was killed by the weight of their arms, which they cast upon her, Flor. 1, 1; Aur. Vict. Vir. Ill. 2; cf. Liv. 1, 11, 6 sqq.; Ov. M. 14, 776.—Hence,
A Tarpēius, a, um, adj., Tarpeian:
mons,the Tarpeian Rock, the name of a rock on the Capitoline Hill, from which criminals were thrown headlong, Varr. L. L. 5, § 41 Müll.; Liv. 1, 55;
called also, saxum,id. 6, 20; Tac. A. 6, 19; Fest. p. 343 Müll.:
rupes,Tac. H. 3, 71; and absol.:
in Tarpeio fodientes,Plin. 28, 2, 4, § 15:
ad Tarpeium raptus (Metellus),id. 7, 44, 45, § 143:
arx,the citadel on the Capitoline Hill, Prop. 4, (5), 4, 29; Ov. M. 15, 866:
pater,Capitoline Jupiter, Prop. 4 (5), 1, 7. cf.
fulmina,Juv. 13, 78;
and dei,who were worshipped on the Capitoline Hill, Luc. 8, 863:
coronae,given to victors in the Capitoline games, Mart. 9, 41, 1; cf.
frons,id. 9, 4, 8;
and quercus,id. 4, 54, 1:
lex,named after a certain Tarpeius, Cic. Rep. 2, 35, 60; Fest. p. 237 Müll.:
pudicitia,of a Tarpeia, Prop. 1, 16, 2.—
B Tarpēiānus, a, um, adj., Tarpeian:
haedus,of the Tarpeian Hill, Apic. 8, 6 and 8.