Tarpeian Rock

American  

[tahr-pee-uhn] / tɑrˈpi ən /

noun

1. a rock on the Capitoline Hill in Rome, from which criminals and traitors were hurled.

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Tarpeian Rock British  

/ tɑːˈpiːən /

noun

1. (in ancient Rome) a cliff on the Capitoline hill from which traitors were hurled

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Etymology

Origin of Tarpeian Rock

1600–10; < Latin ( mōns ) Tarpēi ( us ) Tarpeian (hill) + -an

Example Sentences

Someone looking for bad omens might have found one in the name of the hill where it’s built, Roca Tarpeya; the Tarpeian Rock was an execution ground in ancient Rome.

From The Guardian

But before you throw them from the fabled Tarpeian Rock, take a step back and assess some of the systematic, social business strategies outlined below.

From Forbes

Almost opposite the convent is the Via del Monte Tarpeio, a narrow alley, leading up to the foot of the Tarpeian rock, beneath the Palazzo Caffarelli, and one of the points at which the rock is best seen.

From Project Gutenberg

Here we shall find ourselves upon the highest part of "The Tarpeian rock, the citadel Of great and glorious Rome, queen of the earth, So far renown'd, and with the spoils enriched Of nations."

From Project Gutenberg

Two cliffs are now rival claimants to be considered as the Tarpeian Rock; but it is most probable that the whole of the hill on this side of the Intermontium was called the Mons Tarpeia, and was celebrated under that name by the poets.

From Project Gutenberg