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Tarpeian Rock

[ tahr-pee-uhn ]
/ tɑrˈpi ən /

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
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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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