Τάρας

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Uncertain. Perhaps related to, Illyrian *darandos (“oak”), hence possibly Pre-Greek. Compare the declension of Ancient Greek Ἀκράγας (Akrágas) and Γίγᾱς (Gígās).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tá.raːs/ → /ˈta.ras/ → /ˈta.ras/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tá.raːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈta.ras/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈta.ras/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈta.ras/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈta.ras/

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

• Greek: Τάρας (Táras)
• → Latin: Taras, Tarentum
  • → English: Tarentum
  • Italian: Taranto
    • → English: Taranto
  • Sicilian: Tàrantu, Tàrintu
• ⇒ Tarantino: Tarde

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^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,026