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.