Tarpeian Rock

[ tahr-pee-uhn ]

/ tɑrˈpi ən /

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noun

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

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Origin of Tarpeian Rock

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

Words nearby Tarpeian Rock

tarp, tarpan, tarpaper, tarpaulin, Tarpeia, Tarpeian Rock, tarpit, tarpon, Tarpon Springs, Tarquin, Tarquinii

How to use Tarpeian Rock in a sentence

The atmosphere on campuses has gotten repressive enough that comedian Chris Rock no longer plays colleges.
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And, as the enigmatic front man to an avant garde indie rock group, he is droll, perceptive, and splendidly weird.
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My ball bounced back and the rock rolled just a little bit forward.
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I think 2014 was my big rock and roll year, and 2015 is gonna be a really good year to hang around the house.
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Yes, it was a fairly disappointing year in music—one devoid of Goth teen prodigies, Yeezy, and galvanizing rock anthems.
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The offspring of the ungodly shall not bring forth many branches, and make a noise as unclean roots upon the top of a rock.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various
There lay Bob Rock, covered with blood, and apparently insensible.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
When she heard it there came before her imagination the figure of a man standing beside a desolate rock on the seashore.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories|Kate Chopin
It was a pretty house, stood a little apart from the forge, and was called Rock Villa.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland|Joseph Tatlow
Between each group of figures the face of the rock was scored with mysterious signs and rudely limned weapons of war and chase.
Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair

British Dictionary definitions for Tarpeian Rock

Tarpeian Rock

/ (tɑːˈpiːən) /

noun

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

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