Atargatis

== Latin == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek Ἀτάργατις (Atárgatis). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [aˈtar.ɡa.tɪs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [aˈtar.ɡa.tis] === Proper noun === Atargatis f sg (genitive Atargatidis); third declension The chief goddess of ancient Syria, known also as Dercetis ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun, singular only. === References === “Atargatis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Atargatis”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.