Taygetus

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English

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Proper noun

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Taygetus

  1. Alternative form of Taygetos.

Latin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ταΰγετον (Taǘgeton).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Tāygetus m sg (genitive Tāygetī); second declension

  1. Taygetos (ridge of mountains of Laconia)

Declension

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Second-declension noun, singular only.

References

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