Tarentum

== English == === Etymology === From Latin Tarentum, from Ancient Greek Τάρᾱς (Tárās), of uncertain origin but probably Pre-Greek and related to Illyrian *darandos (“oak”). Doublet of Taras and Taranto. === Proper noun === Tarentum (historical) Former name of Taranto: a city in Italy. ==== Synonyms ==== Taras ==== Translations ==== == Latin == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek Τάρᾱς (Tárās), of uncertain origin but probably Pre-Greek and related to Illyrian *darandos (“oak”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [taˈrɛn.tũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [taˈrɛn.tum] === Proper noun === Tarentum n sg (genitive Tarentī); second declension Taranto (a city in Italy) ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only. ==== Synonyms ==== Taras ==== Related terms ==== bellum Tarentinum (“Pyrrhic War”) ==== Descendants ==== → English: Tarentum French: Tarente Italian: Taranto → English: Taranto Sicilian: Tàrantu, Tàrintu ⇒ Translingual: Tarentula === 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.