Tamarus

Latin edit

Etymology edit

The suffix -arus is also found in the river Silarus. The base *tem- is said by Pokorny to be from Proto-Indo-European *teh₂- (“to flow, stream, melt”), but this is unlikely. It is possibly instead borrowed from Proto-Celtic *tamaros (“river, waters”, literally “dark”), from a zero-grade form similar to Proto-Indo-European *tm̥Hrós (“the dark river”), from *temH- (“dark”).^[1]^[2]^[3] Also compare the cognates listed at Thames.

Pronunciation edit

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈta.ma.rus/, [ˈt̪ämärʊs̠]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈta.ma.rus/, [ˈt̪äːmärus]

View of the river

Proper noun edit

Tamarus m sg (genitive Tamarī); second declension

A river of Hirpinia and tributary of the Calor, now called Tammaro

Declension edit

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Tamarus
Genitive	Tamarī
Dative	Tamarō
Accusative	Tamarum
Ablative	Tamarō
Vocative	Tamare

References edit

“Tamarus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

^ Archaeologia, Or, Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to Antiquity. (1949). United Kingdom: The Society, p. 46
^ DNGI: Dizionario dei nomi geografici italiani, TEA, Torino 1992.
^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), Bern, München: Francke Verlag

[1] Archaeologia, Or, Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to Antiquity. (1949). United Kingdom: The Society, p. 46

[2] DNGI: Dizionario dei nomi geografici italiani, TEA, Torino 1992.

[3] Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), Bern, München: Francke Verlag

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