Taprobane

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ταπροβάνη (Taprobánē).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /taːˈpro.ba.neː/, [taːˈprɔ.ba.neː]

Proper noun

Tāprobanē f sg (genitive Tāprobanēs); first declension

  1. (geography) Sri Lanka

Declension

First-declension noun (Greek-type), singular only.

Case 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
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