Get to know Tarquinius better with 10+ real example sentences and synonyms like tarquin or king.
Tarquinius in a sentence
Synonyms of Tarquinius
Using Tarquinius
- Useful related words include: tarquin, tarquin the proud, tarquinius superbus, lucius tarquinius superbus.
- In the example corpus, tarquinius often appears in combinations such as: lucius tarquinius, tarquinius priscus.
Context around Tarquinius
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 6 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 13 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Tarquinius
- In this selection, "tarquinius" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, lucius, meanwhile, king, priscus, died and went stand out and add context to how "tarquinius" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and lucius tarquinius shared a and attributed to tarquinius priscus livy. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "tarquinius" sits close to words such as aanand, abcd and abdurrahman, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with tarquinius
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Tarquinius was ousted by a conspiracy of patricians, not plebeians. (10 words)
They hired two assassins, who attacked and severely wounded Tarquinius. (10 words)
Tarquinius took the Latin town of Apiolae by storm and took great booty from there back to Rome. (18 words)
Livy, Ab urbe condita, 1.40 Tanaquil immediately ordered the palace to be shut, and publicly announced from a palace window that Tarquinius had appointed Servius as regent; meanwhile, Tarquinius died of his wounds. (34 words)
When Servius Tullius arrived at the senate-house to defend his position, Tarquinius threw him down the steps and Servius was murdered in the street by Tarquin's men. (29 words)
Lucretia received the princes graciously, and together her beauty and virtue kindled the flame of desire in Collatinus' cousin, Sextus Tarquinius, the king's son. (25 words)
Example sentences (13)
Livy, Ab urbe condita, 1.40 Tanaquil immediately ordered the palace to be shut, and publicly announced from a palace window that Tarquinius had appointed Servius as regent; meanwhile, Tarquinius died of his wounds.
Tullia encouraged Lucius Tarquinius to secretly persuade or bribe senators, and Tarquinius went to the senate-house with a group of armed men.
As the younger Tarquin died about 496 BC, more than eighty years after Tarquinius Priscus, chronology seems to support the latter tradition.
But Tullia the younger and Lucius Tarquinius shared a fierce and ambitious temperament, and were drawn together in conspiracy.
His story was immediately famous and he became the augur of the king (see above the episode with king Tarquinius narrated by Livy).
Lucretia received the princes graciously, and together her beauty and virtue kindled the flame of desire in Collatinus' cousin, Sextus Tarquinius, the king's son.
Successor Ancus Marcius was succeeded by Lucius Tarquinius Priscus who would later be executed by the sons of Ancus Marcius.
Tarquinius took the Latin town of Apiolae by storm and took great booty from there back to Rome.
Tarquinius was ousted by a conspiracy of patricians, not plebeians.
The games were attributed to Tarquinius Priscus, Livy I 35, 9. and linked to the cult of Jupiter on the Capitol.
They hired two assassins, who attacked and severely wounded Tarquinius.
When Servius Tullius arrived at the senate-house to defend his position, Tarquinius threw him down the steps and Servius was murdered in the street by Tarquin's men.
When the subject turned to the virtue of their wives, Lucius Tarquinius Collatinus claimed to have the most dedicated of spouses.
Common combinations with tarquinius
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: