tarquinius

Questions about tarquinius

What does tarquinius mean?

tarquinius means "according to legend, the seventh and last Etruscan king of Rome who was expelled for his cruelty (reigned from 534 to 510 BC)".

How many syllables are in tarquinius?

tarquinius has 4 syllables and divides as tarq-ui-ni-us under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for tarquinius?

Close synonyms include Tarquin, Tarquin the Proud, Tarquinius Superbus, Lucius Tarquinius Superbus. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is tarquinius a common word?

tarquinius is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.