Taprobane
English
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Taprobane
- Alternative form of Taprobana
Anagrams
[edit]Latin
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek Ταπροβάνη (Taprobánē).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /taːˈpro.ba.neː/, [t̪äːˈprɔbäneː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /taˈpro.ba.ne/, [t̪äˈprɔːbäne]
Proper noun
[edit]Tāprobanē f sg (genitive Tāprobanēs); first declension
- the ancient name of Sri Lanka, an island of South Asia in the Indian Ocean
Declension
[edit]First-declension noun (Greek-type), singular only.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Tāprobanē |
| genitive | Tāprobanēs |
| dative | Tāprobanae |
| accusative | Tāprobanēn |
| ablative | Tāprobanē |
| vocative | Tāprobanē |
References
[edit]- “Taprobane”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Taprobane in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Taprobane”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
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