Pumpu
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Some proper names of unquestionable euphony, and with which we have been familiar from infaney, are of etrurian origin, though much improved in sound and appearance by Roman orthography and utterance. Thus Uhtafe became Octavius; Lauchme, Lucumo; Pumpu, Pomponius; Lekne, Licinius; Titiu, Titius or Titus; Tetile, Titilius; Tetnie, Titinius; Methlual, Metellus; Tarchu or Tarchom, Tarquinius; Tanchfil, Tanaquil. Of the name of the gods and of distinguished men some are obvious corruption of the Greek. Such as, Herkle for Hercules; Minerfe, or Menfra, for Minerva; Apulu for Apollo
; Menle for Menelaus; Melakre for Meleanger; Kastur for Castor; and Pulbuke for Pollux.
Numa Pompilius
came into the world the year that Rome was founded, and was the longest liver of all the male patrician children born in that year. Such being the law of the Tuscan Saeculum, that its first duration in any state should be always determined by the longest liver amongst the patricians who were born at the precise time of its establishment. The Latin and Sabine Senators chose Numa Pompilius
to be king, and the united curiae of Romans, Querites and Luceres, confirmed the election. His name of Pumpili or Pumpu is Etruscan, and was Latinized afterwords into Pompilius and Pomponius. According to the Tuscan and Sabine customs of annexing the mother's name , we believe Pumpu to have been the name of Numa's mother.
According to Pompey the Great: a political biography, Pompous was also used as a name, for that reason can be linked to the root of Pumpu , Pomponius, Pompey
, Pomponi.
... make his way to Luceria, bringing with him a total of twenty-six cohort, to be closely followed by a further five under the command of Pompous' cousin.
Apollo
Apollo is one of the most important and complex of the Olympian deities in Greek and Roman mythology...
; Menle for Menelaus; Melakre for Meleanger; Kastur for Castor; and Pulbuke for Pollux.
Numa Pompilius
Numa Pompilius
Numa Pompilius was the legendary second king of Rome, succeeding Romulus. What tales are descended to us about him come from Valerius Antias, an author from the early part of the 1st century BC known through limited mentions of later authors , Dionysius of Halicarnassus circa 60BC-...
came into the world the year that Rome was founded, and was the longest liver of all the male patrician children born in that year. Such being the law of the Tuscan Saeculum, that its first duration in any state should be always determined by the longest liver amongst the patricians who were born at the precise time of its establishment. The Latin and Sabine Senators chose Numa Pompilius
Numa Pompilius
Numa Pompilius was the legendary second king of Rome, succeeding Romulus. What tales are descended to us about him come from Valerius Antias, an author from the early part of the 1st century BC known through limited mentions of later authors , Dionysius of Halicarnassus circa 60BC-...
to be king, and the united curiae of Romans, Querites and Luceres, confirmed the election. His name of Pumpili or Pumpu is Etruscan, and was Latinized afterwords into Pompilius and Pomponius. According to the Tuscan and Sabine customs of annexing the mother's name , we believe Pumpu to have been the name of Numa's mother.
According to Pompey the Great: a political biography, Pompous was also used as a name, for that reason can be linked to the root of Pumpu , Pomponius, Pompey
Pompey
Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus, also known as Pompey or Pompey the Great , was a military and political leader of the late Roman Republic...
, Pomponi.
... make his way to Luceria, bringing with him a total of twenty-six cohort, to be closely followed by a further five under the command of Pompous' cousin.