Ταρσός

See also: ταρσός

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Ταρσοί (Tarsoí)

Etymology

Anatolian name, from Hittite 𒋫𒅈𒊭 (Ta-ar-ša), possibly from 𒋫𒅈𒆪 (Ta-ar-ku), a god. The name may have entered Greek through Akkadian 𒋫𒅈𒅆𒅆 (Ta-ar-ši-ši).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tar.sós/ → /tarˈsos/ → /tarˈsos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tar.sós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /tarˈsos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /tarˈsos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /tarˈsos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /tarˈsos/

Proper noun

Ταρσός • (Tarsós) f (genitive Ταρσοῦ); second declension

1. Tarsus, a city in Cilicia.

Inflection

Second declension of ἡ Ταρσός; τῆς Ταρσοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Ταρσός hē Tarsós
Genitive	τῆς Ταρσοῦ tês Tarsoû
Dative	τῇ Ταρσῷ têi Tarsôi
Accusative	τὴν Ταρσόν tḕn Tarsón
Vocative	Ταρσέ Tarsé
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Ταρσεύς (Tarseús)
• Ταρσόθεν (Tarsóthen)

Descendants

• Greek: Ταρσός (Tarsós)
• Latin: Tarsus
• → Old Armenian: Տարսոն (Tarson)
• Ottoman Turkish: طرسوس (Tarsus)
  • Turkish: Tarsus

References

• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• G5019 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,026
• Ταρσός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Sirkeli Archaeological Project