Ταρσεύς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Ταρσός (Tarsós, “Tarsus”) +‎ -εύς (-eús, demonymic suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tar.sěu̯s/ → /tarˈseɸs/ → /tarˈsefs/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tar.sěu̯s/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /tarˈsews/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /tarˈseɸs/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /tarˈsefs/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /tarˈsefs/

Noun

Ταρσεύς • (Tarseús) m (genitive Ταρσέως); third declension

1. an inhabitant of Tarsus

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Ταρσεύς; τοῦ Ταρσέως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ Ταρσεύς ho Tarseús	τὼ Ταρσῆ tṑ Tarsê	οἱ Ταρσῆς / Ταρσεῖς hoi Tarsês / Tarseîs
Genitive	τοῦ Ταρσέως toû Tarséōs	τοῖν Ταρσέοιν toîn Tarséoin	τῶν Ταρσέων tôn Tarséōn
Dative	τῷ Ταρσεῖ tôi Tarseî	τοῖν Ταρσέοιν toîn Tarséoin	τοῖς Ταρσεῦσῐ / Ταρσεῦσῐν toîs Tarseûsi(n)
Accusative	τὸν Ταρσέᾱ tòn Tarséā	τὼ Ταρσῆ tṑ Tarsê	τοὺς Ταρσέᾱς toùs Tarséās
Vocative	Ταρσεῦ Tarseû	Ταρσῆ Tarsê	Ταρσῆς / Ταρσεῖς Tarsês / Tarseîs
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Ταρσεύς (Tarséfs)

References

• G5018 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,026
• Ταρσεύς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette