(adj.adj.) : Tarpēius, i, m.; Tarpēia, ae, f.
* A Roman proper name; so esp.
* Sp. Tarpeius, the father of Tarpeia, who opened the citadel to the Sabines, Liv. 1, 11; Val. Max. 9, 6, 1.
* 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
* 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.
* Tarpēiānus, a, um, adj., Tarpeian: haedus,of the Tarpeian Hill,Apic. 8, 6 and 8.