Tastris
Latin
editEtymology
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Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈtas.tris/, [ˈt̪äs̠t̪rɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈtas.tris/, [ˈt̪äst̪ris]
Proper noun
editTastris 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
editThird-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.