τάρανδος

Ancient Greek

Possibly of Pre-Greek origin when compared with Latin parandrum; however, a comparison with Old Ossetic *θharan-tara-, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱ(e)ren-tero-, suggests a derivation from *ḱerh₂- (“horn”).^[1]

τάρανδος • (tárandos) m (genitive τᾰράνδου); second declension

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ τάρανδος ho tárandos	τὼ ταράνδω tṑ tarándō	οἱ τάρανδοι hoi tárandoi
Genitive	τοῦ ταράνδου toû tarándou	τοῖν ταράνδοιν toîn tarándoin	τῶν ταράνδων tôn tarándōn
Dative	τῷ ταράνδῳ tôi tarándōi	τοῖν ταράνδοιν toîn tarándoin	τοῖς ταράνδοις toîs tarándois
Accusative	τὸν τάρανδον tòn tárandon	τὼ ταράνδω tṑ tarándō	τοὺς ταράνδους toùs tarándous
Vocative	τάρανδε tárande	ταράνδω tarándō	τάρανδοι tárandoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

“τάρανδος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
τάρανδος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette

^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “τάρανδος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1450

From Ancient Greek τάρανδος (tárandos), of unknown etymology. Possibly from Proto-Finno-Ugric *šardo, *šardō or *šordō. There doesn't appear to be any link to Ancient Greek ταῦρος (taûros).

τάρανδος • (tárandos) m (plural τάρανδοι)

Declension of τάρανδος