Ταρσός
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See also: ταρσός
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- Ταρσοί (Tarsoí)
Etymology
Anatolian name, from Hittite 𒋫𒅈𒊭 (Ta-ar-ša), possibly from 𒋫𒅈𒆪 (Ta-ar-ku), a god. The name may have entered Greek through Akkadian 𒋫𒅈𒅆𒅆 (Ta-ar-ši-ši).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /tar.sós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /tarˈsos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /tarˈsos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /tarˈsos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /tarˈsos/
Proper noun
Ταρσός • (Tarsós) f (genitive Ταρσοῦ); second declension
Inflection
Derived terms
Descendants
- Greek: Ταρσός (Tarsós)
- Latin: Tarsus
- → Old Armenian: Տարսոն (Tarson)
- Ottoman Turkish: طرسوس (Tarsus)
- Turkish: Tarsus
References
- Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- G5019 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,026
- Ταρσός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Sirkeli Archaeological Project