Taenarus

Latin

Alternative forms

• Taenaros (unadapted)
• Taenarum

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ταίναρος (Taínaros).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈtae̯.na.rus/, [ˈt̪äe̯närʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈte.na.rus/, [ˈt̪ɛːnärus]

Proper noun

Taenarus m sg (genitive Taenarī); second declension

1. A promontory in Laconia, modern Greece, the southernmost point of Peloponnesus

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Taenarus
genitive	Taenarī
dative	Taenarō
accusative	Taenarum
ablative	Taenarō
vocative	Taenare

Related terms

• Taenarius
• Taenaris

References

• “Taenarus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Taenarum”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• Taenarum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.