Tanis

See also: tanis, tanış, and tanīs

English

Proper noun

Tanis

1. plural of Tani

Anagrams

• Astin, Insta, Saint, Santi, Sinta, Tians, antis, insta-, saint, sat in, satin, stain, stian, tians, tisan

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Τάνις (Tánis), itself from Egyptian (ḏꜥnt).

Proper noun

Tanis f sg (genitive Tanis); third declension

1. A city of Lower Egypt situated on the delta of the Nile

Declension

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

Case	Singular
Nominative	Tanis
Genitive	Tanis
Dative	Tanī
Accusative	Tanem
Ablative	Tane
Vocative	Tanis
Locative	Tanī Tane

Derived terms

• Tanītes
• Tanīticus

References

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