Tarpēius, i, m.; Tarpēia, ae, f., 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
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the name of a rock on the Capitoline Hill
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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,