Tarpeian
[tɑ:'pi:әn]
Definition
adj. designating a cliff—the Tarpeian Rock upon the Capitoline Hill at Rome from which state criminals were thrown—from the Roman traitress Tarpeia.
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Examples
- We necessarily visited the Forum, where Caesar was assassinated, and also the Tarpeian Rock. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
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