Tarsus

See also: tarsus

English

Etymology

From Latin Tarsus, from Ancient Greek Ταρσός (Tarsós), ultimately from Hittite Tarsa.

Proper noun

Tarsus

1. A city in Mersin province in southeastern Turkey, an important center of Cilicia since antiquity.

Synonyms

• (historical names): Tarsa, Tarsos, Antioch, Antioch on the Cydnus, Juliopolis

Translations

city in modern Turkey

• Armenian: Տարսոն (Tarson)

  Old Armenian: Տարսոն (Tarson)

• Catalan: Tars
• Chinese:

  Hakka: 大數／大数 (thai-su)

  Mandarin: 大數／大数 (zh) (Dàshù)

• French: Tarse (fr)
• German: Tarsus
• Greek: Ταρσός (el) f (Tarsós)

  Ancient: Ταρσός f (Tarsós)

• Hebrew: תַּרְשִׁישׁ (he) (Tarshísh)
• Hittite: please add this translation if you can
• Italian: Tarso
• Latin: Tarsus f
• Ottoman Turkish: طرسوس (Tarsus)
• Portuguese: Tarso
• Spanish: Tarso
• Tagalog: Tarso
• Turkish: Tarsus (tr)

Anagrams

• Asturs, Rastus, Straus, Surats, Sūtras, surats, sutras, sūtras, tussar

German

Noun

Tarsus m (strong, genitive Tarsus, plural Tarsen)

1. (zoology) tarsus

Declension

Declension of Tarsus [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Tarsus	die	Tarsen
genitive	eines	des	Tarsus	der	Tarsen
dative	einem	dem	Tarsus	den	Tarsen
accusative	einen	den	Tarsus	die	Tarsen

Related terms

• Tarsenglied
  • 1912, Theodor Becker, “Chloropidae”, in Annales historico-naturales Musei nationalis hungarici‎^[1], volume 10, Budapest, page 28:

    Beine ganz rotgelb, letzte Tarsenglieder etwas braun.

    Legs entirely reddish-yellow, last tarsomeres [literally tarsi segments] brownish.

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ταρσός (Tarsós).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈtar.sus/, [ˈt̪ärs̠ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈtar.sus/, [ˈt̪ärsus]

Proper noun

Tarsus f sg (genitive Tarsī); second declension

1. Tarsus, Cilicia

Declension

Second-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Tarsus
Genitive	Tarsī
Dative	Tarsō
Accusative	Tarsum
Ablative	Tarsō
Vocative	Tarse
Locative	Tarsī

References

• “Tarsus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Tarsus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Turkish

Tarsus ilçesi

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish طرسوس (Tarsus), from Byzantine Greek Ταρσός (Tarsós).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʰaɾ.sus/

Proper noun

Tarsus

1. A town and district of Mersin, Turkey

Declension

    declension of Tarsus

	singular	plural
nominative	Tarsus	Tarsuslar / Tarsus'lar
accusative	Tarsus'u	Tarsusları / Tarsus'ları
dative	Tarsus'a	Tarsuslara / Tarsus'lara
locative	Tarsus'ta	Tarsuslarda / Tarsus'larda
ablative	Tarsus'tan	Tarsuslardan / Tarsus'lardan
genitive	Tarsus'un	Tarsusların / Tarsus'ların

    possessive of Tarsus

	singular	plural
benim (my)	Tarsus'um	Tarsuslarım / Tarsus'larım
senin (your)	Tarsus'un	Tarsusların / Tarsus'ların
onun (his/her/its)	Tarsus'u	Tarsusları / Tarsus'ları
bizim (our)	Tarsus'umuz	Tarsuslarımız / Tarsus'larımız
sizin (your)	Tarsus'unuz	Tarsuslarınız / Tarsus'larınız
onların (their)	Tarsus'u / Tarsusları / Tarsus'ları	Tarsusları / Tarsus'ları

Derived terms

• Tarsuslu