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TARQUINIUS
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• TARQUINIUS (noun)
The noun TARQUINIUS has 1 sense:
1. according to legend, the seventh and last Etruscan king of Rome who was expelled for his cruelty (reigned from 534 to 510 BC)
Familiarity information: TARQUINIUS used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
According to legend, the seventh and last Etruscan king of Rome who was expelled for his cruelty (reigned from 534 to 510 BC)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Lucius Tarquinius Superbus; Tarquin; Tarquin the Proud; Tarquinius; Tarquinius Superbus
Instance hypernyms:
king; male monarch; Rex (a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom)
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