Tanis

See also: tanis, tanış, and tanīs

English

Proper noun

Tanis

1. plural of Tani

Anagrams

• stain, saint, stian, Sinta, Saint, antis, Natsi, tians, insta-, Tians, Astin, Santi, satin, sat in, naits, Insta, tisan

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Τάνις (Tánis), itself from Egyptian (ḏꜥnt).

Proper noun

Tanis f sg (genitive Tanis); third declension

1. A city of Lower Egypt situated on the delta of the Nile

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem), with locative, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Tanis
genitive	Tanis
dative	Tanī
accusative	Tanem
ablative	Tane
vocative	Tanis
locative	Tanī Tane

Derived terms

• Tanītes
• Tanīticus

References

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