Thapsus

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Latin[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Ancient Greek Θάψος (Thápsos).

Proper noun[edit]

Thapsus f sg (genitive Thapsī); second declension

  1. Thapsus (ancient city near Bekalta in modern Tunisia)
  2. Thapsos (ancient city near Priolo Gargallo in modern Sicily)
  3. A small river of Numidia, now the Saf Saf

Declension[edit]

Second-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Thapsus
Genitive Thapsī
Dative Thapsō
Accusative Thapsum
Ablative Thapsō
Vocative Thapse
Locative Thapsī

References[edit]

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