Tarsus

See also: tarsus

English

Etymology

From Latin Tarsus, from Ancient Greek Ταρσός (Tarsós), ultimately from Hittite Tarsa.

Proper noun

Tarsus

1. A city in Mersin Province in southeastern Turkey, an important center of Cilicia since antiquity.

Synonyms

• (historical names): Tarsa, Tarsos, Antioch, Antioch on the Cydnus, Juliopolis

Translations

city in modern Turkey

• Armenian: Տարսոն (Tarson)

  Old Armenian: Տարսոն (Tarson)

• Catalan: Tars
• Chinese:

  Hakka: 大數 / 大数 (thai-su)

  Mandarin: 大數 / 大数 (zh) (Dàshù)

• French: Tarse (fr)
• German: Tarsus
• Greek: Ταρσός (el) f (Tarsós)

  Ancient: Ταρσός f (Tarsós)

• Hebrew: תַּרְשִׁישׁ (he) (Tarshísh)
• Hittite: please add this translation if you can
• Italian: Tarso
• Latin: Tarsus f
• Ottoman Turkish: طرسوس (Tarsus)
• Portuguese: Tarso
• Spanish: Tarso
• Tagalog: Tarso
• Turkish: Tarsus (tr)

Anagrams

• Asturs, Rastus, Straus, Surats, Sūtras, surats, sutras, sūtras, tussar

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin tarsus.

Noun

Tarsus m (strong, genitive Tarsus, plural Tarsen)

1. (zootomy) tarsus
   • 1912, Theodor Becker, “Chloropidae”, in Annales historico-naturales Musei nationalis hungarici‎^[1], volume 10, Budapest, page 28:

     Beine ganz rotgelb, letzte Tarsenglieder etwas braun.

     Legs entirely reddish-yellow, last tarsomeres [literally tarsi segments] brownish.

Declension

Declension of Tarsus [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Tarsus	die	Tarsen
genitive	eines	des	Tarsus	der	Tarsen
dative	einem	dem	Tarsus	den	Tarsen
accusative	einen	den	Tarsus	die	Tarsen

Derived terms

• Tarsenglied

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ταρσός (Tarsós).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈtar.sʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈtar.sus]

Proper noun

Tarsus f sg (genitive Tarsī); second declension

1. Tarsus, Cilicia

Declension

Second-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Tarsus
genitive	Tarsī
dative	Tarsō
accusative	Tarsum
ablative	Tarsō
vocative	Tarse
locative	Tarsī

References

• “Tarsus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Tarsus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Turkish

Tarsus ilçesi

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish طرسوس (Tarsus), from Byzantine Greek Ταρσός (Tarsós).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʰaɾ.sus/

Proper noun

Tarsus

1. a town and district of Mersin Province, Turkey

Declension

Declension of Tarsus

	singular	plural
nominative	Tarsus	Tarsuslar / Tarsus'lar
accusative	Tarsus'u	Tarsusları / Tarsus'ları
dative	Tarsus'a	Tarsuslara / Tarsus'lara
locative	Tarsus'ta	Tarsuslarda / Tarsus'larda
ablative	Tarsus'tan	Tarsuslardan / Tarsus'lardan
genitive	Tarsus'un	Tarsusların / Tarsus'ların

Possessive forms of Tarsus

	singular	plural
benim (my)	Tarsus'um	Tarsuslarım Tarsus'larım
senin (your)	Tarsus'un	Tarsusların Tarsus'ların
onun (his/her/its)	Tarsus'u	Tarsusları Tarsus'ları
bizim (our)	Tarsus'umuz	Tarsuslarımız Tarsus'larımız
sizin (your)	Tarsus'unuz	Tarsuslarınız Tarsus'larınız
onların (their)	Tarsus'u Tarsusları Tarsus'ları	Tarsusları Tarsus'ları

Derived terms

• Tarsuslu