Ταυλάντιοι

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Possibly from an Illyrian word meaning "swallow," from Proto-Indo-European *delh₁- (“to cut”) + *dwóh₁ (“two”), representing modern Albanian dallëndyshe (“swallow”). The name Taulantii appears to be connected with the word dallëndyshe, or tallandushe from Proto-Albanian *dalna and Proto-Albanian *duwai, meaning "swallow".

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tau̯.lán.ti.oi̯/ → /taˈβlan.ti.y/ → /taˈvlan.di.i/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tau̯.lán.ti.oi̯/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /tawˈlan.ti.y/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /taˈβlan.ti.y/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /taˈvlan.ti.y/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /taˈvlan.di.i/

Noun

Ταυλάντῐοι • (Taulántioi) m (genitive Ταυλαντίων); second declension

1. Taulantii, an Illyrian tribe settled on the coast of modern Albania.

Declension

Second declension of οἱ Ταυλάντῐοι; τῶν Ταυλαντῐ́ων (Attic)

Case / #	Plural
Nominative	οἱ Ταυλάντῐοι hoi Taulántioi
Genitive	τῶν Ταυλαντῐ́ων tôn Taulantíōn
Dative	τοῖς Ταυλαντῐ́οις toîs Taulantíois
Accusative	τοὺς Ταυλαντῐ́ους toùs Taulantíous
Vocative	Ταυλάντῐοι Taulántioi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: Taulantii

Further reading

• “Ταυλάντιοι”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Wilkes, John (1992). The Illyrians. Wiley. p. 244