Tarentum

English

Etymology

From Latin Tarentum.

Proper noun

Tarentum

Former name of Taranto.

Translations

former name of Taranto

Armenian: Տարենտ (Tarent)
Greek:
Ancient: Τάρας m (Táras)
Russian: Таре́нт (Tarént)

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Τάρᾱς (Tárās).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /taˈren.tum/, [t̪äˈrɛn̪t̪ʊ̃ˑ]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /taˈren.tum/, [t̪äˈrɛn̪t̪um]

Proper noun

Tarentum n sg (genitive Tarentī); second declension

Taranto

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Tarentum
Genitive	Tarentī
Dative	Tarentō
Accusative	Tarentum
Ablative	Tarentō
Vocative	Tarentum
Locative	Tarentī

Related terms

bellum Tarentinum (“Pyrrhic War”)

Descendants

Italian: Taranto
Sicilian: Tàrantu, Tàrintu

References

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

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