Tarentum
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin Tarentum, from Ancient Greek Τάρᾱς (Tárās), of uncertain origin but probably Pre-Greek and related to Illyrian *darandos (“oak”). Doublet of Taras and Taranto.
Proper noun[edit]
Tarentum
- (historical) Former name of Taranto, a city in Italy.
Synonyms[edit]
Translations[edit]
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ancient Greek Τάρᾱς (Tárās), of uncertain origin but probably Pre-Greek and related to Illyrian *darandos (“oak”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /taˈren.tum/, [t̪äˈrɛn̪t̪ʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /taˈren.tum/, [t̪äˈrɛn̪t̪um]
Proper noun[edit]
Tarentum n sg (genitive Tarentī); second declension
Declension[edit]
Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Tarentum |
Genitive | Tarentī |
Dative | Tarentō |
Accusative | Tarentum |
Ablative | Tarentō |
Vocative | Tarentum |
Locative | Tarentī |
Synonyms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
- bellum Tarentinum (“Pyrrhic War”)
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- “Tarentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Tarentum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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