Τάρας

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Probably from Illyrian *darandos (“oak”).

Pronunciation
 

Proper noun

Τᾰ́ρᾱς • (Tárās) m (genitive Τᾰ́ρᾰντος); third declension

  1. Taras, a colony in Magna Graecia founded by Sparta; Tarentum; Taranto, Italy

Inflection
Third declension of ὁ Τᾰ́ρᾱς; τοῦ Τᾰ́ρᾰντος (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ὁ Τᾰ́ρᾱς
ho Tárās
Genitive τοῦ Τᾰ́ρᾰντος
toû Tárantos
Dative τῷ Τᾰ́ρᾰντῐ
tôi Táranti
Accusative τὸν Τᾰ́ρᾰντᾰ
tòn Táranta
Vocative Τᾰ́ρᾰν
Táran
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms
  • Τᾰρᾰντῖνος (Tarantînos)

Descendants

Further reading
  • Τάρας in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Τάρας in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,026
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