Τάναϊς
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *dʰenh₂-, found in many other river names, see also Doncaster, Danube, Dniester.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /tá.na.is/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈta.na.is/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈta.na.is/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈta.na.is/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈta.na.is/
Proper noun
Τᾰ́ναϊς • (Tánaïs) m (genitive Τᾰνᾰ́ῐ̈δος); third declension
- Tanais, Don (a river, the fifth-longest in Europe, in modern Tula Oblast, Lipetsk Oblast, Voronezh Oblast, Volgograd Oblast and Rostov Oblast, Russia)
Declension
Third declension of ὁ Τᾰ́νᾰῐ̈ς; τοῦ Τᾰνᾰ́ῐ̈δος (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ Τᾰ́νᾰῐ̈ς ho Tánaïs | ||||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ Τᾰνᾰ́ῐ̈δος toû Tanáïdos | ||||||||||||
Dative | τῷ Τᾰνᾰ́ῐ̈δῐ tôi Tanáïdi | ||||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν Τᾰνᾰ́ῐ̈δᾰ tòn Tanáïda | ||||||||||||
Vocative | Τάναϊ Tánaï | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: Τάναϊς (Tánaïs); Τανάιδας (Tanáidas)
- Latin: Tanais
References
- Celtic Cosmology and the Otherworld: Mythic Origins, Sovereignty and Liminality, p. 97
Further reading
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,026