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Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Τάφραι (Táphrai).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Taphrae f pl (genitive Taphrārum); first declension
- an isthmus in Crimea, in modern Ukraine
- an ancient town on this isthmus
Declension
First-declension noun, with locative, plural only.
References
- “Taphrae”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Taphrae”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
- Taphrae in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.