Tastris
Latin edit
Etymology edit
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Pronunciation edit
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈtas.tris/, [ˈt̪äs̠t̪rɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈtas.tris/, [ˈt̪äst̪ris]
Proper noun edit
Tastris f sg (genitive Tastris); third declension
- A promontory in Cimbria, likely the same as Skagen in modern Denmark
- 1906, Pliny the Elder, edited by Karl Friedrich Theodor Mayhoff, Naturalis Historia, page 4.39:
- Promunturium Cimbrorum excurrens in maria longe paeninsulam efficit, quae Tastris appellatur.
- The Cimbrian promontory projects a long way into the sea, forming a peninsula called Tastris.
Declension edit
Third-declension noun (i-stem), singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Tastris |
| Genitive | Tastris |
| Dative | Tastrī |
| Accusative | Tastrem |
| Ablative | Tastre |
| Vocative | Tastris |
References edit
- Tastris in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.