Ταυλάντιοι

Etymology

Possibly from an Illyrian word meaning "swallow," from Proto-Indo-European *delh₁- (“to cut”) + *dwóh₁ (“two”), representing modern Albanian dallëndyshe (“swallow”). The name Taulantii appears to be connected with the word dallëndyshe, or tallandushe from Proto-Albanian *dalna and Proto-Albanian *duwai, meaning "swallow".[1]

Pronunciation

Ἀρδιαῖοι • (Ardiaîoi) m (genitive Ἀρδιαῖᾰ); second declension

Proper noun

Ταυλάντιοι • (Taulántioi) m (genitive Ταυλάντιᾰ); second declension

An Illyrian tribe settled on the coast of modern Albania.

Declension

Second declension of ὁ Ταυλάντιος; τοῦ Ταυλαντίου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ Ταυλάντιος ho Taulántios	τὼ Ταυλαντίω tṑ Taulantíō	οἱ Ταυλάντιοι hoi Taulántioi
Genitive	τοῦ Ταυλαντίου toû Taulantíou	τοῖν Ταυλαντίοιν toîn Taulantíoin	τῶν Ταυλαντίων tôn Taulantíōn
Dative	τῷ Ταυλαντίῳ tôi Taulantíōi	Ταυλαντίοιν Taulantíoin	τοῖς Ταυλαντίοις toîs Taulantíois
Accusative	τὸν Ταυλάντιον tòn Taulántion	Ταυλαντίω Taulantíō	τοὺς Ταυλαντίους toùs Taulantíous
Vocative	Ταυλάντιε Taulántie	Ταυλαντίω Taulantíō	Ταυλάντιοι Taulántioi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

Ταυλάντιοι in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Wilkes, John (1992). The Illyrians. Wiley. p. 244

Wilkes, John (1992) The Illyrians‎, Wiley, →ISBN, pages 244 "Names of individuals peoples may have been formed in a similar fashion, Taulantii from ‘swallow’ (cf. the Albanian tallandushe) or Erchelei the ‘eel-men’ and Chelidoni the ‘snail-men’."

[Wilkes244-1] Wilkes, John (1992) The Illyrians‎, Wiley, →ISBN, pages 244 "Names of individuals peoples may have been formed in a similar fashion, Taulantii from ‘swallow’ (cf. the Albanian tallandushe) or Erchelei the ‘eel-men’ and Chelidoni the ‘snail-men’."