Tamassus

Latin

Alternative forms

• Tamasos

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ταμασσός (Tamassós).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /taˈmas.sus/, [t̪äˈmäs̠ːʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /taˈmas.sus/, [t̪äˈmäsːus]

Proper noun

Tamassus f sg (genitive Tamassī); second declension

1. A town in interior Cyprus

Declension

Second-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Tamassus
genitive	Tamassī
dative	Tamassō
accusative	Tamassum
ablative	Tamassō
vocative	Tamasse
locative	Tamassī

References

• Tamasos in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Tamassus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly