Taprobane

English

Proper noun

Taprobane

1. Alternative form of Taprobana.

Anagrams

• Bonaparte

French

Etymology

From Latin Tāprobana, from Ancient Greek Ταπροβάνη (Taprobánē).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ta.pʁɔ.ban/

Proper noun

Taprobane f

1. (obsolete) Taprobana (Sri Lanka)

Related terms

• taproban
• Taproban, Taprobane
• taprobanien
• Taprobanien, Taprobanienne

Noun

Taprobane f (plural Taprobanes, masculine Taproban)

2. female native or inhabitant of Taprobana

Latin

Alternative forms

• Tāprobana

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ταπροβάνη (Taprobánē).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [taːˈprɔ.ba.neː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [taˈprɔː.ba.ne]

Proper noun

Tāprobanē f sg (genitive Tāprobanēs); first declension

1. the ancient name of Sri Lanka, an island of South Asia in the Indian Ocean

Declension

First-declension noun (feminine, Greek-type, nominative singular in -ē), singular only.

	singular
nominative	Tāprobanē
genitive	Tāprobanēs
dative	Tāprobanae
accusative	Tāprobanēn
ablative	Tāprobanē
vocative	Tāprobanē

References

• “Taprobane”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Taprobane”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Taprobane”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly