Tamaris

See also: tamaris

Latin

View of the river

View of the river

Tambre`s canyon

Alternative forms

• Tamara

Etymology

From Celtic, either from Proto-Indo-European *tm̥H-ró-, from the zero-grade of Proto-Indo-European *temH- (“dark”); or from Proto-Indo-European *tm̥h₁-ró-, from the zero-grade of Proto-Indo-European *temh₁- (“to cut”). From the same root of Thames and Tamarus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈta.ma.ris/, [ˈt̪ämärɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈta.ma.ris/, [ˈt̪äːmäris]

Proper noun

Tamaris f sg (genitive Tamaris); third declension

1. A river of Gallaecia, Hispania Tarraconensis, now the Tambre

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem), singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Tamaris
Genitive	Tamaris
Dative	Tamarī
Accusative	Tamarem
Ablative	Tamare
Vocative	Tamaris

Descendants

• Galician: Tambre

References

• Tamaris in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Tamaris”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly