Τάρας
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Probably from Illyrian *darandos (“oak”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /tá.ras/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈta.ras/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈta.ras/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈta.ras/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈta.ras/
Proper noun
Τᾰ́ρᾱς • (Tárās) m (genitive Τᾰ́ρᾰντος); third declension
- Taras, a colony in Magna Graecia founded by Sparta; Tarentum; Taranto, Italy
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ Τᾰ́ρᾱς ho Tárās | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ Τᾰ́ρᾰντος toû Tárantos | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ Τᾰ́ρᾰντῐ tôi Táranti | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν Τᾰ́ρᾰντᾰ tòn Táranta | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Τᾰ́ρᾰν Táran | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- Τᾰρᾰντῖνος (Tarantînos)
Further reading
- Τάρας in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Τάρας in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,026
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