Pompey

[ pom-pee ]

/ ˈpɒm pi /

noun

Gnaeus Pompeius Magnusthe Great,106–48 b.c., Roman general and statesman: a member of the first triumvirate.

Example sentences from the Web for pompey

Nevertheless, the Senate gave the highest honors to Pompey, who was voted a triumph, while only an ovation was granted to Crassus.

The Two Great Republics: Rome and the United States |James Hamilton Lewis
What if we had Pompey's thoughts and Cæsar's, would they be less so?

The Life of Cicero |Anthony Trollope
Pompey only sought to do what would be agreeable to Ptolemy; but Gabinius had yielded to corruption.

History of Julius Caesar Vol. 2 of 2 |Napoleon III, Emperor of the French, 1808-1873.
Few incidents in ancient history are more tragic than the death of Pompey.

Life Everlasting |John Fiske

Menas was a freedman of Pompey the Great, and a trusted officer of his son Sextus.

Horace |Theodore Martin

British Dictionary definitions for pompey (1 of 2)

Pompey ¹

/ (ˈpɒmpɪ) /

noun

an informal name for Portsmouth

British Dictionary definitions for pompey (2 of 2)

Pompey ²

/ (ˈpɒmpɪ) /

noun

called Pompey the Great; Latin name Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus. 106–48 bc, Roman general and statesman; a member with Caesar and Crassus of the first triumvirate (60). He later quarrelled with Caesar, who defeated him at Pharsalus (48). He fled to Egypt and was murdered

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